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Aux bien pensants

12 May 2018

9:00 AM

12 May 2018

9:00 AM

Beria born again in the usa

You could have thought the central feature of French President Macron‘s visit to Australia was his reference to the Third Lady, Lucy  Turnbull, as ‘delicious’. By this he obviously meant  ‘charming’ or ‘delightful’, as délicieuse can be used in French in reference to a person.

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