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Word that can precede the start of 20-, 35-, 43- or 58-Across
Answer for the clue "Word that can precede the start of 20-, 35-, 43- or 58-Across ", 6 letters:
french
Alternative clues for the word french
- Dressing choice
- Fiercer European clash disheartened European people
- Word that can precede the starts of 20-, 28-, 46- and 57-Across
- The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
- How one might kiss Dawn?
- Word before "toast" or "twist"
- Nice guys?
- Native tongue of today's artist
Word definitions for french in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
French \French\ (fr[e^]nch), prop. a. [AS. frencisc, LL. franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis, franchois, fran[,c]ois, F. fran[,c]ais. See Frank , a., and cf. Frankish .] Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants. French bean (Bot.), ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To prepare food by cutting it into strips. 2 (context transitive English) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth. 3 (context intransitive English) To kiss in this manner.
Usage examples of french.
The French had now pushed forward their trenches so far that from their front sap they could absolutely touch the abattis of the Malakoff.
Chubb succumbed immediately, sounded a parley, and gave up the fort, on condition that he and his men should be protected from the Indians, sent to Boston, and exchanged for French and Abenaki prisoners.
Although the main body of the French would likely pursue his men, the Abenaki would be after blood.
The French and Abenaki were running up the hill toward the cover of the rock wall.
A force of more than two hundred French and Abenaki had ambushed them near the site of the attack on the supply train, and Iain and his brothers were pinned down and under fire.
But Lake Champlain was heavy with French ships, not to mention parties of Abenaki and Wyandot.
French priests minister to the Acadian farmers outside the fort, to the sinister Indians ever lying in ambush, to the French bushrovers under young St.
The infamous Le Loutre is still in prison in England, and when he is released, in 1763, he toils till his death, in 1773, trying to settle the Acadian refugees on some of the French islands of the English Channel.
A sort of chronic warfare of aggression and reprisal, closely akin to piracy, was carried on at intervals in Acadian waters by French private armed vessels on one hand, and New England private armed vessels on the other.
Will we all have to listen to French accordian music or German polkas?
On November 27, Congress named Adams a commissioner to work with Franklin and Arthur Lee in negotiating a French alliance.
Of this French contingent, Adams took an immediate liking to an army surgeon named Nicholas Noel, who spoke English and thought well enough of John Quincy to begin schooling him in French.
On Monday, March 30, with a French pilot aboard, the Boston moved up the Gironde, where the whole landscape struck Adams as extraordinarily beautiful.
Versailles, expressed dismay that Adams understood nothing he said, but politely remarked that he hoped Adams would remain long enough in France to learn French perfectly.
Whenever possible, Adams worked on his French, preferring the quiet of early morning, before Franklin was stirring.