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hollowhead | 11:45 Mon 17th Apr 2006 | Phrases & Sayings
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Which three word French term beginning La describes the period of gracious living enjoyed by the affluent classes in the years leading up to the first World War?
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la belle epoque
12:02 Mon 17th Apr 2006
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Frogs go in for this.


Talleyrand said that people could not understand la douceur du vivre if theyhad not lived in La France prior to 1789.


There must be a phrase for life around Louis XIV le grand

22:17 Mon 17th Apr 2006
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In addition to jno, this translates as 'The Age of Enlightenment'; pretentious, as only the French can be. Whilst they were writing philsophical treatises and daft plays, we had the Industrial Revolution. This might explain our work ethic compared to our Gallic cousins...
14:46 Wed 19th Apr 2006

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