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She had passed, what to borrow again from our continental neighbours, is indulgently termed a jeunesse orageuse.
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Fréron's name was given to the youth of the day, which was called the jeunesse Fréron, or the _jéunesse dorée_ (gilded youth).
The Companions of Jehu Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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Des corps amoureux dans quelques récits, recueil de quinze nouvelles autour des nouvelles limites du corps amoureux, et Les prisonniers de l'internet, épisode I et II, début d'une saga "jeunesse" sur l'imaginaire lié à l'internet.
Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert
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Still even there there were some young men about town, a sort of "jeunesse doré", not of 18-carat gold perhaps, but a "jeunesse" quite equal to the pleasant task of buzzing around the fair tobacconist.
In Bohemia with Du Maurier The First Of A Series Of Reminiscences Felix Moscheles 1875
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When your novel comes out, publishers will be clamoring for your oeuvres de jeunesse, you know, and your blog may well be the subject of heated bidding!
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In the figurative sense, the verb 'façonner' = to shape, to mould (somebody's character/personality) - La pauvreté dans sa jeunesse a façonné son caractère.
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Français · Azerbaïdjan: Un militant de la jeunesse et un blogueur connu en prison après un procès à huis-clos
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Français · Azerbaïdjan: Deux militants pour la jeunesse et blogueurs, frappés et placés en détention
Global Voices in English » Azerbaijan: Youth activists and bloggers beaten and detained 2009
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Français · Afrique du sud: Célébration du Jour de la jeunesse et du souvenir
Global Voices in English » South Africa celebrates Youth Day and remembers the past 2009
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Teddy Roosevelt their most vigorous champion, the jeunesse dorée in Boston and New York reconfigured the idea of sport as preparation for war.
Lewis Lapham: Field of Dreams: The CIA and Me and Other Adventures in American Sports Lewis Lapham 2010
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