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Record 1 1986-05-27

English

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OBS

how to sell yourself to friends

French

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OBS

Comment vous rendre populaire auprès de vos amis, comment vous faire bienvenir d'eux. Au propre "to sell" et "vendre " ont le même sens mais au figuré, en américain et en français, il n'en va plus de même. Vendre en français, c'est trahir; to sell, en américain, c'est servir par la publicité Gélix de Grand-Combe "Vie et langue" no 68, novembre 1957, p. 481

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