See être question in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1930, Victor Méric, Les Compagnons de l’Escopette [The Companions of Escopette], Éditions de l’Épi in Paris, page 213:",
"text": "Sébastien Chambot […] qui récolte des paquets de billets de mille avec des romans alambiqués et voluptueux, où il n’est question que de tortillements de la viande humaine saturée de cantharide.",
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"english": "A blonde who possessed tits and an unforgettable nape saw fit to come and break the silence of the screen with a song where it was about her solitude.",
"ref": "1942, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Voyage au bout de la nuit [Journey to the End of the Night], Éditions de Denoël et Steele in Paris, page 159:",
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"ref": "1975, Jacques Choffel, La Guerre de succession de Bretagne [The War of the Breton Succession], Éditions Fernand Lanore, page 11:",
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"ref": "2017, Alain Claude, Mon frère d'âme [My Soul Brother], Les maux de la faim (The Pains of Hunger) 2, Société des Écrivains, page 20:",
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