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Papon's Toronto-based company Vitess Bicycle Corp. (named after "vitesse" - the French word for speed) manufactures custom-built high performance road bikes.
Thestar.com - Home Page Naomi Carniol 2010
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Approaching town, the train advanced at half-speed. le casanier, la casanière = stay-at-home, homebody une pomme (f) = apple le pain (m) = bread au lointain = in the distance le marché paysan (m) = the farmers 'market le pont (m) = bridge mi-vitesse = half-speed
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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I took my new rig, Vita (named after that first ride because she has vitesse and vitality), down to Long Beach for the first in a series of criteriums, and I got spanked.
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I took my new rig, Vita (named after that first ride because she has vitesse and vitality), down to Long Beach for the first in a series of criteriums, and I got spanked.
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(TGV = train à grande vitesse) = It's the high-speed train!
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Enjoy 22 eye-catching locales as well as fun facts and mini-games galore! mi-vitesse (me-vee-tess) adverb
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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May it be restored a toute vitesse, (I probably got that one wrong, but have to try:).
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The next moments were lived at full speed, instead of the usual mi-vitesse.
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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(TGV = train à grande vitesse) = It's the high-speed train!
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A l'approche de la ville, le train avance à mi-vitesse.
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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