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On se rappellera que Benjamin Franklin mit en évidence l'existence de l'électricité grâce à un cerf-volant et que "go fly a kite" signifie certes "lance un cerf-volant", mais aussi "Casse-toi !"
Archive 2010-06-01 Rene Meertens 2010
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Earnest_, 5th edition, London, J. Murray, 1842, I observed that the author could not explain the meaning of the French term "cerf-volant," applied to the toy so well known among boys in England as a "kite," and in Scotland as a "dragon."
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He was told that another _cerf-volant_ should be made for him at the journey's end; but was only partially consoled, and his mother was fain to compound for a box of woolly lambs.
A Modern Telemachus Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Ah oui on se sent souvent comme ça hein ! on a l’impression de jouer un rôle de “grande” et au fond on se sent toute petite et on a envie de sortir avec son cerf-volant les jours de grand vent.
grown up 2005
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