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Of course, Voigt was probably alluding to Contador's "souplesse," which is a word that the sorts of people who wear Rapha and boutique "embrocations" and spell "pro" in all caps like to use, but it sounds much more intimate in English.
Right of Way: Watching Where You're Going BikeSnobNYC 2010
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I'm going to ride the freewheel for a while to build up some baseline fitness, then alternate into the fixie side to regain some level of 'souplesse' in my legs and my pedaling action.
Bike Hugger 2009
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I googled souplesse and got a horrifically NSFW image result.
Cheese Up, Blows Down: Self-Expression and Self-Defense BikeSnobNYC 2009
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This is quite macho, but not exactly a great way to work on your souplesse.
Cheese Up, Blows Down: Self-Expression and Self-Defense BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Ses jours sont encore longs avant que la lecture sur écran présente la même souplesse que celle d'un livre ou d'un magazine que l'on peut lire n'importe où, dans la position que l'on veut, et ranger, rouler, plier, déchirer facilement
Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert
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Le drame, l'épopée savante, l'élégie attestent aujourd'hui encore la puissance et la souplesse de ce magnifique génie; seul entre les disciples de Sarasvatî [the goddess of eloquence], il a eu le bonheur de produire un chef-d'oeuvre vraiment classique, où l'Inde s'admire et où l'humanité se reconnaît.
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Les "outils numériques" deviendront peut-être peu à peu les objets banals de notre quotidien; en attendant ce (s) jour (s), la souplesse des usages du papier n'a pas encore son pareil, je crois.
Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert
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L'avenir de ces appareils, comme de tous les autres appareils technologiques, c'est leur ouverture et leur souplesse.
Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert
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C'est un véritable défi qui demande avant tout de l'imagination et de la souplesse.
Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert
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What concerned Chopin most at the commencement of his instruction [writes Mikuli] was to free the pupil from every stiffness and convulsive, cramped movement of the hand, and to give him thus the first condition of a beautiful style of playing, souplesse (suppleness), and with it independence of the fingers.
Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888
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