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War and Peace vocabulary
20 French vocabulary words
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ma foi
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Definition:indeed; upon my word
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"We will have a sufficient number of men to prevent that. If, however, he displays too much cleverness, ma foi, so much the worse for him! As to his band of robbers, since the chief refuses to speak, the others must."
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“You ought to feel that such things are not flattering to say to a fellow.”
“Should our whole intercourse consist of an exchange of compliments? Ma foi!”
Kate Chopin. The Awakening (1899)
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He absents himself like that from time to time for a change, and, ma foi, I think he's right, when one has a fortune and is a bachelor.
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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