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  • Likewise, the word "s'egarer" is connected to Saint-Exupery's "Le Petit Prince", where in Chapter 2 the narrator describes his first meeting with his little friend: "...mon petit bonhomme ne me semblait ni égaré, ni mort de fatigue, ni mort de faim, ni mort de soif, ni mort de peur...un enfant perdu au milieu du desert."

    s'egarer - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • He told Komer to act as his special assistant and to do everything that Bundy had done, but not tell anybody he was doing soif it got in the newspapers, it would be all over between them.

    In the Shadow of the Oval Office Ivo H. Daalder 2009

  • "Qui ne se donne loisir d'avoir soif, ne saurait prendre plaisir à boire."

    Sixteenth Century Quote of the Week Julianne Douglas 2009

  • "Qui ne se donne loisir d'avoir soif, ne saurait prendre plaisir à boire."

    Archive 2009-09-01 Julianne Douglas 2009

  • He told Komer to act as his special assistant and to do everything that Bundy had done, but not tell anybody he was doing soif it got in the newspapers, it would be all over between them.

    In the Shadow of the Oval Office Ivo H. Daalder 2009

  • He told Komer to act as his special assistant and to do everything that Bundy had done, but not tell anybody he was doing soif it got in the newspapers, it would be all over between them.

    In the Shadow of the Oval Office Ivo H. Daalder 2009

  • He told Komer to act as his special assistant and to do everything that Bundy had done, but not tell anybody he was doing soif it got in the newspapers, it would be all over between them.

    In the Shadow of the Oval Office Ivo H. Daalder 2009

  • It's impossible to know what percentage of these disaffected voters would actually make good on their threat - or juststay home on Election Day - but they would be less likely to do soif their concerns were completely vetted and allayed, instead of swept under the rug and ignored.

    Should Hillary Clinton Drop Out? Maybe She Should ... Maybe She Shouldn't. 2008

  • Pete, the future Pop Idol judge, was even then uniquely gifted at doing soif not yet the slick, sophisticated industry figure he would become.

    A Question of Honour Lord Michael Levy 2008

  • Heureux ceux qui ont faim et soif de la justice, car ils seront rassasiés!

    Sermon sur la montagne de Brantigny........................ 2008

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  • french for thirst. i always thought it sounded sort of parched.

    April 18, 2009