| Raison d'__ | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | To be: French | 
            Commuter | 
            16 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | To be, in French | 
            Universal | 
            22 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Nice | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Arles | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            26 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | 17-Down, in French | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            Universal | 
            13 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Tours | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            11 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | To be, in French | 
            Universal | 
            10 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            10 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Basic French verb | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            08 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Hugo's being | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Bordeaux | 
            Universal | 
            06 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulouse | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            05 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            New York Times | 
            30 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            24 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            23 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | French 101 infinitive | 
            Newsday | 
            12 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Bordeaux being | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            07 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulouse | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            24 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Raison o'- | 
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            | Raison d'___ | 
            New York Times | 
            06 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Suis" is a form of it | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            27 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            New York Times | 
            16 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            15 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Bordeaux | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            12 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | A rule-breaking French verb | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Being, to Sartre | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            27 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Basic French verb | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            23 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | To be, in French | 
            Universal | 
            19 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | To be, in French | 
            New York Times | 
            24 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Tours | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            14 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Gay Paree | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | French "to be" | 
            New York Times Mini | 
            04 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'-- | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            26 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Sartre | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            21 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            21 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Baudelaire | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            07 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            Universal | 
            04 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ (justification) | 
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             | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            New York Times | 
            20 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Curie | 
            Universal | 
            10 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | French for "to be" | 
            Universal | 
            09 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            Newsday | 
            04 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Being, to Sartre | 
            New York Times | 
            16 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Sommes" and "serai" are forms of it | 
            New York Times | 
            08 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Tours | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            04 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            31 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulon | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            25 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            Universal | 
            18 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Option for Hamlet, in French | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Verdun verb | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Raison d-__ | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Paris | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            26 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Being, in Bonsecours | 
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             | 
          
          
            | To be, in Paris | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            18 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | To be, to the French | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            17 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | French for "to be" | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Of the french verb "to be" | 
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             | 
          
          
            | To be, in French | 
            Universal | 
            24 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Being, in Bordeaux | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            15 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            13 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Balzac | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            10 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Arles | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            06 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Biarritz | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            LA Times Mini | 
            28 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Tours | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            12 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'- | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            07 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Normandy | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            03 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | To be, at the 2024 Olympics | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            Universal | 
            25 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'____, purpose of existence | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            21 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Qu*bec | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Paris | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            22 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            15 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Savoir-__ (people skills) | 
            Newsday | 
            27 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            Universal | 
            25 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Peut-___ (perhaps, in Paris) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | To be, in Paris | 
            Universal | 
            17 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Infinitive of suis, sommes, etc. | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            Newsday | 
            27 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Oh, to be in France! | 
            New York Times | 
            27 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | French "to be" | 
            Commuter | 
            12 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Gallic being | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Sartre | 
            Commuter | 
            26 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | The first blank in "Je Voudrais Deja ___ ___" (The Lion King hit, in a French translation) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Peut- (French "maybe") | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | French for "being" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulon | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            14 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Being, to Sartre | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            08 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            Newsday | 
            04 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | French 101 word | 
            Newsday | 
            01 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Bordeaux | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            30 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Peut-___ (French "maybe") | 
            New York Times | 
            18 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | ". . . ne pas ___, c'est la la question" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            25 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            24 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Paris | 
            Universal | 
            23 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | "To be," in French | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            11 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Well-remembered "soliloque" starter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Raison d'— | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            26 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | French verb whose first letter contains a circumflex | 
            New York Times | 
            25 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Being, in Boulogne | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            25 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Infinitive of suis and soyez | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | To be, to Bizet | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            14 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | "To be," to Henri | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Gigi's "to be" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            05 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | To be overseas? | 
            New York Times | 
            04 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Basic French verb | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            15 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Tours | 
            Universal | 
            30 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Arles | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            21 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Henriette | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            30 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            New York Times | 
            30 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            New York Times | 
            26 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Paris | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            14 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Tours | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            05 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            New York Times | 
            02 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | French infinitive | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            New York Times | 
            20 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            16 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            14 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            12 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            08 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulon | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            31 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Infinitive of the French 'suis' and 'sommes' | 
            New York Times | 
            28 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            Universal | 
            22 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            Newsday | 
            03 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Paree "to be" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            23 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Being, in Boulogne | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            22 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Arles | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            22 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            Universal | 
            10 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Paris | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            29 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            Universal | 
            19 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Basic French verb | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | French infinitive | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            12 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Infinitive with a circumflex | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            Newsday | 
            19 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | French for 'to be' | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Bardot | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            05 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            Newsday | 
            31 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | French being | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Henri | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Bordeaux | 
            Universal | 
            20 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | French verb | 
            Canadiana | 
            16 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulon | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            15 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            Universal | 
            10 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            08 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Paris | 
            Universal | 
            08 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | The verb to be ( in Vercheres) | 
            Canadiana | 
            26 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            08 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | French being | 
            Newsday | 
            24 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ (anagram of "tree") | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | To be, in Tours | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            12 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | French infinitive | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'— | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            23 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | "To be," in France | 
            Universal | 
            21 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Berlioz | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            15 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Start of a Hamlet 'soliloque' | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Paris | 
            Universal | 
            06 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | French verb "to be" | 
            Canadiana | 
            26 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Curie | 
            Universal | 
            15 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            Universal | 
            08 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | To be, on the Left Bank | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            06 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Peut-__: French "perhaps" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Paris | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            15 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Marseilles | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            07 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Paris | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            20 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Gigi | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            10 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | To be, in French | 
            Universal | 
            09 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            07 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | "To be," in French | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | 'To be,' in French | 
            The Washington Post | 
            13 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Balzac | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            26 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | "To be" in Brossard | 
            Canadiana | 
            23 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            Universal | 
            14 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Henri | 
            Newsday | 
            11 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | To be, in France | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            23 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Brittany | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | French verb | 
            Canadiana | 
            14 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Biarritz | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Raison d’___ | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            28 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Basic French verb | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            12 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            Universal | 
            27 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ (life's purpose) | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulon | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            18 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            16 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Oh, to be in France! | 
            New York Times | 
            03 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Tours | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            29 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Basic French verb | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            19 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'— | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            31 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Raison d’___ | 
            New York Times | 
            24 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulouse | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            23 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulouse | 
            The Washington Post | 
            23 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | To be, en français | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            17 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulon | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            12 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Paree "to be" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            10 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Raison d’___ | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            10 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Tours | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            16 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            Newsday | 
            01 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | To be, in France | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | French "to be" | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            29 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            26 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            New York Times | 
            16 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Are, to some | 
            Canadiana | 
            09 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulon | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            05 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | To be, in French | 
            Universal | 
            30 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Infinitive for Monsieur Macron | 
            Newsday | 
            29 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | French verb to be | 
            Canadiana | 
            26 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Verb "to be" in Temiskam-ing | 
            Canadiana | 
            19 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Cannes | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | French being | 
            Newsday | 
            30 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            Universal | 
            25 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Tours | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            22 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Berlioz | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Scheme of Belloc, say, missing mass to be in Paris | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            07 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            05 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            The Washington Post | 
            05 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Toulouse-Lautrec's being | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Being, in Brest | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            17 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            New York Times | 
            13 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Basic French verb | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Basic French verb | 
            The Washington Post | 
            07 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulouse | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            04 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Balzac | 
            The Washington Post | 
            30 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Balzac | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Paris | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            20 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Camus | 
            Universal | 
            10 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Being,  in Beausejour | 
            Canadiana | 
            25 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'____ | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | To be, in France | 
            Newsday | 
            06 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'__ | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulon | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            14 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulon | 
            The Washington Post | 
            14 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            10 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Being in Burgundy | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            02 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Raison d' ___ (purpose) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Marie's ''to be'' | 
            Newsday | 
            12 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | To be: Fr | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Tours | 
            The Washington Post | 
            18 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Tours | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            18 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Raison d’___ | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Verb with a circumflex | 
            New York Times | 
            25 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'Suis' is part of its conjugation | 
            New York Times | 
            13 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ (purpose of existence) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            New York Times | 
            03 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | “To be,” to Bizet | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            25 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'To be,' in Montreal | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulon | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            04 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            07 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | French verb | 
            Canadiana | 
            08 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Being, in Boulogne | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            04 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | To be, to the Bordelais | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            02 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Boulogne's being | 
            Newsday | 
            22 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Bordeaux | 
            The Washington Post | 
            15 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Marie Curie | 
            Universal | 
            15 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Bordeaux | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            15 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | To be where people sing of amour? | 
            New York Times | 
            16 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Being, in Bordeaux or Burgundy | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            11 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | ''__ d'accord'' (André's ''to agree'') | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Basic verb in Versailles | 
            Jonesin | 
            07 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            25 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            The Washington Post | 
            25 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Montreal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            24 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | To be, to the French | 
            Universal | 
            20 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Start of le monologue d’Hamlet | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            19 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'To be,' to Colette | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Verb conjugated suis, es, est, etc | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
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            | To be, in Le Havre | 
            Universal | 
            13 Jan 2020 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Henri | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Jan 2020 | 
          
          
            | To be, in France | 
            Universal | 
            24 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Being, in Vercheres | 
            Canadiana | 
            02 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            01 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Peut-___ (maybe: Fr.) | 
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            | Peut-___ (maybe: Fr.) | 
            New York Times | 
            13 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Word repeated in "___ ou ne pas ___" | 
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            | Word repeated in '___ ou ne pas ___' | 
            New York Times | 
            27 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | There’s often a raison for it | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Baudelaire | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | To be, overseas | 
            Universal | 
            01 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Being, in Belleville | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            31 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Émile's existence | 
            Newsday | 
            16 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Balzac | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            16 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Amelie | 
            Universal | 
            15 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Rimouski | 
            Canadiana | 
            05 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | French 101 infinitive | 
            Universal | 
            05 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Therese | 
            Universal | 
            14 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | French "to be" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | French 'to be' | 
            The Washington Post | 
            02 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Being, to Sartre | 
            New York Times | 
            28 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Existence in Montreal | 
            Newsday | 
            31 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Arles | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            19 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | ''__ vivant'' (French go-getter) | 
            Newsday | 
            11 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            Jonesin | 
            16 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Créature | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Start of a Hamlet ''soliloque'' | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | To be, overseas | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | To exist, to Sartre | 
            Universal | 
            01 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | To be abroad? | 
            New York Times | 
            24 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Beauvoir | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | French 'to be' | 
            New York Times | 
            17 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Jeanne | 
            Universal | 
            04 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
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            | Basic French verb | 
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            | French "to be" | 
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            | Raison d'__ | 
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            | French "to be" | 
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            | Being, to Sartre | 
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            | To be, overseas | 
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            | To exist, to Sartre | 
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            | To be, to Therese | 
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            | To be, to Jeanne | 
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            | To be, to Amelie | 
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            | To be, overseas | 
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            | French 101 infinitive | 
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            | To be abroad? | 
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            | Being, in Belleville | 
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            | There's often a raison for it | 
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            | To be, to Baudelaire | 
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            | To be, to Benoît | 
            The Washington Post | 
            23 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Benoît | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            23 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | French 101 infinitive | 
            The Washington Post | 
            19 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | French 101 infinitive | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            19 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Infinitive form of ''suis'' | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Le Havre | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            11 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | ''Est'' is a form of it | 
            Newsday | 
            03 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Burgundians | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            03 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Bizet | 
            New York Times | 
            02 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Henri's existence | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Bardot | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            11 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Fifi | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            09 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Debussy | 
            The New Yorker | 
            03 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ (life purpose) | 
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            | Start of le monologue d'Hamlet | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            25 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Being, in Bordeaux | 
            Newsday | 
            19 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | ___ humain (person: Fr.) | 
            New York Times | 
            04 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Giverny | 
            The New Yorker | 
            30 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Sartre's existence | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
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            | Raison d'___ (reason for existence) | 
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            | To be, in Toulouse | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            08 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | Ser : Spanish :: ___ : French | 
            New York Times | 
            18 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Parisian being | 
            New York Times | 
            16 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Voltaire | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            04 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | 'Seriez' is a form of it | 
            New York Times | 
            10 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | French 101 verb | 
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            | "Seriez" is a form of it | 
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            | Parisian being | 
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            | Ser : Spanish :: ___ : French | 
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            | French 101 infinitive | 
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            | To be, in Bordeaux | 
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            | To be, to Benoît | 
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            | To be, to Bizet | 
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            | ___ humain (person: Fr.) | 
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            | To be, to Babette | 
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            | Start of le monologue d'Hamlet | 
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            | To be, to Bardot | 
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            | To be, to Burgundians | 
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            | ''To be'' in France | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Basic French infinitive | 
            The Washington Post | 
            17 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Basic French infinitive | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Verb like ''exister'' | 
            Newsday | 
            15 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | 'To be,' in Avignon | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            10 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | French I verb | 
            The Washington Post | 
            27 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | French I verb | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            27 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Balzac's being | 
            Newsday | 
            24 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Tours infinitive | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            17 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulon | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            11 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Sein, across the Rhine | 
            The Washington Post | 
            05 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Sein, across the Rhine | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            05 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | To be, in French | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            05 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Bizet | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            23 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            03 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Tours to be? | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            22 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | Tours to be? | 
            The Washington Post | 
            22 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Babette | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | French I infinitive | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            29 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Being, in Bretagne | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            22 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Bordeaux being | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            22 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Bordeaux | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            05 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | To be in France | 
            Jonesin | 
            14 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Being, in Bordeaux | 
            The Washington Post | 
            24 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | ''Exister'' synonym | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Tours infinitive | 
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            | Tours to be? | 
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            | Sein, across the Rhine | 
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            | French I verb | 
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            | Basic French infinitive | 
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            | ''. . . ne pas __, c'est là la question'' | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Paree | 
            The Washington Post | 
            02 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | Verb from which 'suis' and 'sommes' are conjugated | 
            New York Times | 
            27 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulouse | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Verne's being | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Well-remembered ''soliloque'' starter | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Basic French verb | 
            Newsday | 
            06 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Being, to Sartre | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            01 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Paree | 
            Newsday | 
            31 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | Étienne's existence | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Toulouse | 
            The Washington Post | 
            21 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | Introductory French infinitive | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            11 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            The Washington Post | 
            08 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Proust | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            17 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Versailles | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            05 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Being, in Burgundy | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Sein : German :: ___ : French | 
            New York Times | 
            26 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Haiti | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            10 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Sera is a form of it | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Being, to Berlioz | 
            Newsday | 
            06 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Berlioz | 
            The Washington Post | 
            06 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Be in a 30 Across | 
            Newsday | 
            19 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | To be, to a Breton | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | French 1 verb | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            27 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | To be, at the Louvre | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            21 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | French I infinitive | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            12 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Sein : German :: ___ : French | 
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            | Sera is a form of it | 
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            | Introductory French infinitive | 
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            | To be, in Versailles | 
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            | French I infinitive | 
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            | Verb from which "suis" and "sommes" are conjugated | 
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            | To be, in Toulouse | 
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            | To be, in Paris | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            27 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | To be in France | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            13 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | '___ Dieu' (Salvador Dali opera-poem) | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Bonsecours | 
            Canadiana | 
            26 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Bizet | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            27 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | To be, in Paris | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Being, in Bordeaux | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            31 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | French 101 word | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Versailles verb | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Peut-___ (maybe, in Marseilles) | 
            Jonesin | 
            18 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Victor Hugo's ''L'art d'__ grand-père'' | 
            Newsday | 
            16 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Brigitte | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            26 Apr 2015 | 
          
          
            | Peut-___ (perhaps: Fr.) | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Apr 2015 | 
          
          
            | Being abroad | 
            New York Times | 
            18 Apr 2015 | 
          
          
            | To be: Fr | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Camus | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            15 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            13 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | To be, to Zola | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            18 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Peut-___ (French "maybe") | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Raison d'___ | 
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            | To be, to Bizet | 
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            | Raison d'__ | 
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            | Basic French verb | 
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            | French 101 verb | 
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            | Versailles verb | 
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            | Victor Hugo's "L'art d'__ grand-père" | 
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            | "___ Dieu" (Salvador Dali opera-poem) | 
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            | To be in France | 
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            | To be, to Bizet | 
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            | French 1 verb | 
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            | Raison d'___ | 
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            | Existence, to Henri | 
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            | To be, abroad | 
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            | To be, in Bordeaux | 
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            | To be, in Paris | 
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            | Being, to Sartre | 
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            | Raison d'___ | 
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            | To be: Fr. | 
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            | Peut-___ (French "maybe") | 
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            | To be, in Paris | 
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            | To be, to Zola | 
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            | To be, to Camus | 
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            | To be, to Brigitte | 
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            | Peut-___ (perhaps: Fr.) | 
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            | Being abroad | 
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            | Raison d'___ (reason for being) | 
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            | To be, in Quebec | 
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            | French I word | 
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            | Vichy verb | 
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            | Being: Fr. | 
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            | Being, to Baudelaire | 
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            | Basic French infinitive | 
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            | Be, to Henri | 
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            | French 101 infinitive | 
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            | French 101 verb | 
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            | To be, in Paris | 
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            | To be, overseas | 
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            | To be, to Henri | 
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            | Vichy infinitive | 
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            | Peut-__: maybe, in French | 
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            | Parisian's "to be" | 
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            | To be, to Brigitte | 
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            | To be, to Napoleon | 
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            | Being, in Bordeaux | 
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            | To be in Paris | 
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            | "Fûmes" is a form of it | 
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            | To be, to Balzac | 
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            | "Sommes" is a form of it | 
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            | To be, in Marseilles | 
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            | To be, in Quèbec | 
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            | French soliloquy starter? | 
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            | Verb learned in French I | 
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            | French infinitive | 
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            | French I verb | 
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            | French 101 word | 
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            | "Verbe irrégulier de base" | 
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            | To be, in Paree | 
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            | To be in another place | 
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            | "Suis" is part of its conjugation | 
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            | Being, in Bordeaux | 
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            | To be in Paris? | 
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            | To be, to Berlioz | 
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            | Hamlet choice, in French | 
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            | Parisian 'to be' | 
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            | Basic French verb | 
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            | Raison d'__ | 
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            | To be, to Marie | 
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            | To be, in Paris | 
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            | Ser, across the Pyrenees | 
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            | To be, to Brigitte | 
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            | To be very far away? | 
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            | To be, in Québec | 
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            | French 101 verb | 
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            | To be, to Béatrice | 
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            | To be, in French | 
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            | To be, in Toulouse | 
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            | To be, in France | 
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            | Verb with a circumflex | 
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            | Raison d'-- | 
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            | French I verb | 
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            | To be, in Toulon | 
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            | To be, to Henri | 
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            | To be, in Brittany | 
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            | Peut-__: French "maybe" | 
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            | To be, to Balzac | 
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            | To be, in Toulon | 
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            | To be in France? | 
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            | Infinitive with a circumflex | 
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            | Peut-__: French "maybe" | 
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            | To be, in Arles | 
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            | To be, in Brittany | 
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            | Infinitive with a circumflex | 
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            | French 101 verb | 
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            | To be, in Tours | 
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            | To be, to Bernadette | 
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            | To be, to Bizet | 
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            | To be, to Fifi | 
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            | To be, to Fifi or Gigi | 
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            | To be, to Jacques | 
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            | French word with a circumflex | 
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            | To be, in Arles | 
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            | French verb with a circumflex | 
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            | "Peut-__" (perhaps: Fr.) | 
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            | To be, in Brittany | 
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            | To live, to Lévy | 
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            | To be, at the Louvre | 
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            | "Verbe irrégulier" | 
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            | To be, in Paris | 
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            | To be, in Burgundy | 
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            | To be, to Bizet | 
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            | Being, in Burgundy | 
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            | To be, in Bourgogne | 
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            | Start of le soliloque d'Hamlet | 
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            | To be, at the Sorbonne | 
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            | Parisian "to be" | 
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            | Basic French verb | 
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            | Must-learn French verb | 
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            | Basic French infinitive | 
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            | To be, in Paris | 
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            | Part of a French conjugation | 
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            | Tours infinitive | 
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            | Sedan auxiliary | 
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            | Tours infinitive | 
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            | To be, in Paree | 
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            | "Fusses" is a form of it | 
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            | To be, in Bordeaux | 
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            | Sedan to be? | 
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            | To be, in France | 
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            | To be overseas | 
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            | To be, to Brigitte | 
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            | Soyons is a form of it | 
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            | Existence, in Évian | 
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            | To be, in Paree | 
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            | Being, to Brigitte | 
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            | To be, in Quebec | 
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            | To be, in Quebec | 
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            | French 101 infinitive | 
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            | Being, to Brigitte | 
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            | Basic French verb | 
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            | Évry being | 
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            | French I verb | 
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            | Bordeaux being | 
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            | Versailles verb | 
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            | French I verb | 
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            | French 101 verb | 
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            | To be in a faraway land | 
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            | Sartre's "L'___ et le Néant" | 
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            | Raison d'__: reason for being | 
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            | To be, to Henri | 
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            | Balzac's being | 
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            | French I verb | 
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            | French 1 verb | 
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            | To be, in Brest | 
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            | Raison d'___ | 
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            | To be abroad | 
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            | Peut-___ (maybe, in Marseille) | 
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            | To be, to Sarkozy | 
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            | Peut-___ (maybe, in Marseilles) | 
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            | To be, to a mademoiselle | 
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            | Raison d'__: reason for being | 
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            | Victor Hugo's "L'Art d'___ grand-père" | 
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            | Being, to Sartre | 
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            | Vital French verb | 
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            | To be, in Cannes | 
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            | French 101 verb | 
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            | Intro French verb | 
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            | Peut-___ (maybe, in French) | 
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            | Raison d'___ | 
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            | To be, in Toulon | 
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            | Sommes is a form of it | 
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            | Basic French verb | 
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            | Soyez is a form of it | 
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            | To be, in Brest | 
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            | __ humains: human beings | 
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            | Elementary French verb | 
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            | To be, to Bizet | 
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            | Versailles verb | 
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            | French being | 
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            | French infinitive | 
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            | To be, in Bayonne | 
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            | Raison d'___ | 
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            | To be, in Burgundy | 
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            | __ humains: human beings | 
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            | Elementary French verb | 
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            | Being, in Bordeaux | 
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            | To be: Fr. | 
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            | French 101 verb | 
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            | To be, in France | 
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            | To be, in French | 
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            | To be, in Tours | 
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            | Parisian "to be" | 
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            | To be, in Paree | 
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            | Peut-___ (perhaps, to Pierre) | 
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            | Sont is a form of it | 
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            | To be, in Le Havre | 
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            | ___ humain (human being, in French) | 
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            | French I infinitive | 
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            | French 101 verb which means "to be" | 
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            | French 101 verb | 
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            | Basic French verb | 
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            | Peut-__: Pierre's "perhaps" | 
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            | Nice being | 
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            | To be, to Marie | 
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            | Irregular French verb | 
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            | To be, in Brittany | 
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            | Exemple d'un verbe irrégulier | 
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            | "___ et avoir" (2002 film) | 
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            | To be, in Arles | 
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            | Irregular French verb | 
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            | French 'to be' | 
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            | "To be" to Henri | 
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            | To be, to Bizet | 
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            | To be, in France | 
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            | To be, in Martinique | 
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            | Vichy verb | 
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            | "Peut-__" (perhaps, to Pierre) | 
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            | Versailles verb | 
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            | Vichy verb | 
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            | To be, to Marie | 
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            | To be, in Martinique | 
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            | Peut-__: Pierre's "perhaps" | 
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            | French auxiliary | 
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            | Avignon infinitive | 
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            | To be, in Brest | 
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            | Nice being | 
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            | To be, in Paris | 
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            | To be in Paree | 
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            | Being in Brittany | 
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            | To be, in Paris | 
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            | To be, in Brittany | 
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            | Irregular French verb | 
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            | French verb | 
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            | Raison d'__ | 
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            | Raison d'__ | 
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            | To be, to Babette | 
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            | To be, in Paris | 
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            | Verb origin of suis and sont | 
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            | Raison d'___ | 
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            | French verb | 
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            | Raison d'____ | 
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            | To be, in Brest | 
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            | To be, in France | 
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            | French 101 infinitive | 
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            | To be, to Henri | 
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            | Sein, across the Rhine | 
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            | To be, to Baudelaire | 
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            | "To be" to Henri | 
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            | To be, to Bardot | 
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            | "To be," in Tours | 
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            | To be over there? | 
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            | Raison d'___ | 
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            | To be, to Bardot | 
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            | Peut-___ (French weasel word) | 
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            | Arles auxiliary | 
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            | Irregular French verb | 
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            | To be, to Henri | 
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            | French 101 infinitive | 
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            | Peut-___ | 
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            | To be, to Gigi | 
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            | To be, to Balzac | 
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            | To be, in Toulon | 
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            | To be, in Toulon | 
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            | To be, to Paris | 
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            | Peut-___ | 
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            | Irregular French verb | 
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            | Infinitive with a circumflex | 
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            | To be, to Paris | 
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            | French infinitive | 
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            | To be, in Haiti | 
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            | Start of a famous "soliloque" | 
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            | Raison d'_____ | 
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            | To be, overseas | 
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            | French 101 word | 
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            | To be, along the Loire | 
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            | French infinitive | 
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            | French 101 verb | 
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            | Passé composé verb | 
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            | To be, in Burgundy | 
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            | To be in Bordeaux | 
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            | To be in Toulon | 
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            | To be, in Toulouse | 
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            | Issy infinitive | 
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            | Verb conjugated as "suis" in the first person singular | 
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            | French 101 word | 
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            | To be in Toulon | 
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            | To be, overseas | 
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            | French infinitive | 
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            | Sartre's being | 
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            | Being, in Brittany | 
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            | French auxiliary | 
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            | Versailles verb | 
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            | Sartre's "L'___ et le Néant" | 
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            | To be, in French class | 
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            | Basic verb in Verdun | 
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            | To be, to Gigi | 
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            | To be, in Toulouse | 
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            | To be, in Boulogne | 
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            | French verb | 
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            | Issy infinitive | 
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            | Raison d'__ | 
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            | To be, in Bordeaux | 
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            | Vichy verb | 
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            | Raison d'___ | 
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            | Raison d'_____ | 
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            | Tours to be? | 
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            | To be, in Toulouse | 
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            | To be, in Brest | 
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            | To be, in Toulouse | 
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            | Peut-___ (perhaps) | 
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            | Vichy verb | 
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            | Bien-___ (well-being): Fr. | 
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            | French existentialist's word | 
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            | Peut-___ (perhaps, in French) | 
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            | French infinitive | 
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            | Tours "to be" | 
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            | To be, in France | 
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            | To be in Montreal | 
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            | To be, in Toulouse | 
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            | To be: Fr. | 
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            | French 101 word | 
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            | Raison d'__ | 
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            | French 101 verb | 
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            | Raison d'__ | 
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            | Nice to be? | 
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            | To be, in Bordeau | 
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            | Burgundy being | 
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            | Tours to be | 
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            | Raison d'___ | 
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            | To be, in Toulouse | 
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            | Versailles verb | 
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            | To be, in Tours | 
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            | To be, in Toulouse | 
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            | To be, in Brest | 
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            | Issy infinitive | 
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            | Word repeated in a French Hamlet's soliloquy | 
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            | Raison d'___ (reason for being) | 
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            | Sartre's being | 
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            | French 101 word | 
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            | To be, in Toulon | 
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            | To be, to Baudelaire | 
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            | Raison d'_____ | 
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            | Being, in Bordeaux | 
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            | Versailles verb | 
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            | Raison d'___ | 
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            | To be, in Toulouse | 
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            | To be, in Burgundy | 
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            | ___ humain: human being | 
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            | To be, at the Sorbonne | 
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            | French auxiliary | 
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            | Basic French verb | 
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            | Arles auxiliary | 
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            | To be, in Arles | 
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            | Common French verb | 
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            | Being, in Brittany | 
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            | French 101 word | 
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            | To be, in Toulouse | 
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            | To be, in Tours | 
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            | Raison d'__ | 
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            | To be, to Descartes | 
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            | To be in Bordeaux | 
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            | Raison d'-- | 
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            | To be, in Toulouse | 
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            | To be, in Toulons | 
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            | Word repeated by a French Hamlet | 
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            | French 101 verb | 
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            | To be, in Bordeaux | 
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            | To be, to Henri | 
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            | Raison d'___: reason for being | 
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            | Raison d' ___ | 
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            | Parisian to be | 
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            | First-year French infinitive | 
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            | French I verb | 
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            | Burgundian existence | 
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            | To be in Bordeaux | 
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            | To be  to Gigi | 
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            | To be  to Balzac | 
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            | To be  in Tours | 
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            | To be  in Toulon | 
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            | To be  in Paris | 
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            | Raison d ___ | 
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            | Peut-___ (maybe): Fr. | 
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            | Infinitive with a circumflex | 
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            | Peut-___ (French for "maybe") | 
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            | Raison d'____ | 
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            | To be, to Bardot | 
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            | To be, to Balzac | 
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            | To be, to Alain | 
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            | Vichy infinitive | 
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            | To be, in Paree | 
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            | Sartre's "L' ___ et le Neant" | 
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             | 
          
          
            | To be, in Paree | 
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            | To be in Toulon | 
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            | To be in Boulogne | 
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            | To be, in Burgundy | 
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            | Peut-___ (perhaps): Fr. | 
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            | To be, to Gigi | 
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            | French I verb | 
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            | To be, to Lili | 
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            | Peut- ____ | 
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            | Being in Bordeaux | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Raison d'____ | 
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            | To be  to Henri | 
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            | French 101 word | 
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            | Peut-___ (maybe, in France) | 
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            | To be in Biarritz | 
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            | French lesson word | 
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            | To be, in Paris | 
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            | To be  in the Bois | 
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            | Raison d'____ | 
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            | Sartre's "L__et le neant" | 
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            | To be, in old New Orleans | 
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            | To be, in Picardy | 
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            | Peut-_: perhaps | 
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            | To be, in Paree | 
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            | Peut- ____ : maybe | 
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            | Tours to be? | 
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            | To be  to Bardot | 
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            | To be, in Paris | 
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            | To be  in Belleau | 
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            | To be: Fr | 
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            | To be  in St. L | 
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            | To be, to Satie | 
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            | Tours to be | 
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            | Raison d' ___ | 
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            | Peut- ___ | 
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            | Bien-_____ (well-being): Fr. | 
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            | To be, to Bernadete | 
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            | To be, to Babette | 
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            | To be, abroad | 
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            | To be, in Paree | 
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            | Raison d' _____ | 
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            | To be, to 30 Down | 
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            | Being, in Vienne | 
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            | Ah, to be in Paris! | 
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            | To be, to Baptiste | 
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            | Being, in Pau | 
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            | To be, in Aix | 
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            | To be, in Nice | 
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            | Peut-___ (maybe, in Metz) | 
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            | To be, to Beaumarchais | 
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            | Being, in France | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Being: Fr. | 
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            | Raison d' ___ | 
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            | To be, to Jacques | 
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            | To be, to René | 
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             | 
          
          
            | French I verb | 
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            | To be, in Blois | 
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            | To be, in Boulogne | 
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            | To be, in Bourgogne | 
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            | French infinitive | 
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             | 
          
          
            | French being | 
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            | Basic French infinitive | 
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            | Common French infinitive | 
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            | To be, in Belley | 
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            | To be, in Beauvais | 
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            | Peut-___ (perhaps) | 
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            | To exist, in Paris | 
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            | To be, to Tati | 
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             | 
          
          
            | To be, in Bernay | 
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            | To be: Fr. | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Being, to Bardot | 
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            | To be, in Lyon | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Being, to Baudelaire | 
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             | 
          
          
            | To be, to Baudelaire | 
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             | 
          
          
            | To be, in Montreal | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Being, in Paris | 
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            | Balzac's "to be" | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Being, in Brest | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Being, to Berlioz | 
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             | 
          
          
            | French auxiliary verb | 
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             | 
          
          
            | To be, in Metz | 
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             | 
          
          
            | To be, in Orléans | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Infinitive in Finistère | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Ecole verb | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Common French verb | 
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            | L'___ suprême (God) | 
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            | French anagram for tree | 
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             | 
          
          
            | To be, to Berthe | 
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            | Gallic infinitive | 
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            | To be, to Voltaire | 
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            | To be, to Beauvoir | 
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            | French equivalent of esse | 
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             | 
          
          
            | To be in France | 
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            | Antoine's "to be" | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Being, to Balzac | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Basic verb in Versailles | 
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             | 
          
          
            | To exist, in Dieppe | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Existence, to Sartre | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Being, in Boulogne | 
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            | To be, to Guillaume | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Parisian's basic verb | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Existence, in Épinal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Peut-___ (Parisian's "perhaps") | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Pierre's being | 
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             | 
          
          
            | French verb | 
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             | 
          
          
            | To be, to Bardot | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Existence, in Paris | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Being, in Biarritz | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Existence: Fr. | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Common French word | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Exist, in Paris | 
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            | Be, in France | 
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            | Be, in Paris | 
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            | Being, in Aries | 
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            | Exist, in France | 
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            | French-lesson verb | 
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            | French-class word | 
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            | Exist: Fr. | 
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            | Relative of esse | 
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            | To be, in France. | 
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            | "L'___ et le Néant" (1943 Jean-Paul Sartre treatise) | 
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            | "Le Foyer des artistes - La Difficulté d'___" (Jean Cocteau criticism) | 
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            | First French 101 verb | 
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            | French 101 verb | 
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            | French 101 word | 
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            | Furent is a form of it | 
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            | Fusses is a form of it | 
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            | Peut-___ | 
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            | Peut-___ (maybe: Fr.) | 
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            | Peut-___ (perhaps) | 
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            | Relative of "estar." | 
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            | Raison d'___ | 
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            | To be: French. | 
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            | Bien-___ (wellness) | 
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            | To be, in Paris. | 
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            | ___ dans la lune ("distracted" in French) | 
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            | Verb with a circumflex | 
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            | To be, to Hollande | 
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            | 31-Down, in French | 
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            | Bien ___ (well-being): Fr. | 
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            | French form of 3 Down. | 
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            | Being: French. | 
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            | Peut ___ (perhaps): Fr. | 
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            | See 32 Across. | 
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            | Irregular French verb. | 
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            | Relative of "esse." | 
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            | Irregular verb for French students. | 
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            | French infinitive. | 
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            | Basic French verb. | 
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            | To be, in French 101 | 
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            | Being, in Paris. | 
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            | Peut-___. | 
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            | Being, in France. | 
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            | Common French infinitive. | 
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            | Common French verb. | 
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            | French verb. | 
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            | To be, to Binoche | 
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            | Raison d'___. | 
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