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  • 41take — [[t]teɪk[/t]] v. took, tak•en, tak•ing, n. 1) to get into one s hands or possession by voluntary action: Take the book, please[/ex] 2) to hold, grasp, or grip: to take a child by the hand[/ex] 3) to get into one s possession or control by force… …

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  • 42French Empire —    During the Age of Imperialism France had, after Britain, the second largest and most diverse colonial empire, with a wide mix of settler colonies, penal settlements, plantations, trading bases, and protectorates that literally spanned the… …

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  • 43French Campaign against Korea, 1866 — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=French campaign against Korea, 1866 병인양요 (The byeong in yang yo ) date=October November 1866 place=Predominantly Ganghwa Island, some small engagements on the Korean Peninsula casus=Korean execution of 9 French… …

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  • 44French Open — This article is about the tennis tournament. For the golf tournament, see Open de France. French Open Les internationaux de France de Roland Garros Official web Location Paris (XVI …

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  • 45French cuisine — Basil salmon terrine Foie gras …

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  • 46French Foreign Legion in popular culture — Beyond its reputation of the French Foreign Legion as an elite unit often embroiled in serious fighting, its recruitment practices have also led to a romantic view of it being a place for a wronged man to leave behind his old life to start a new… …

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  • 47French Defence — White usually tries to exploit his extra space on the kingside where he can sometimes create a mating attack. White tries to do this in the Alekhine Chatard attack, for example. Another example is the following line of the Classical French: 1.e4… …

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  • 48French conjugation — This article is part of the series on: French language Langues d oïl Dialects Creoles Francophonie History Oaths of Strasbourg Ordinance of Villers Cotterêts Anglo Norman Grammar …

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  • 49French Revolution from the summer of 1790 to the establishment of the Legislative Assembly — The Civil Constitution of the Clergy divided the French people. Good Catholics were strongly opposed to it. Some nobles were so worried about the way things were going that they left France. They urged the royal family to join them.The French… …

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  • 50French Resistance — The French Resistance is the collective name used for the French resistance movements which fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and the collaborationist Vichy Regime during World War II. Resistance groups comprised small groups of …

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