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{
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"(1877) Du portugais selva (« forêt vierge ») apparenté à sylve, à l’ancien français selve."
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"ref": "Anne Vallaeys, Indépendance Cha Cha, Fayard, 2007, page 48",
"text": "Tout me reviendra, demain sur la route, pensais-je. Les parfums, les miaulements dans la selve, les couleurs, la lumière du Congo."
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"text": "Mieux vaut renoncer à ces enjambées formidables et avancer à petits pas dans la forêt obscure, la selve des destins humains s’entrecroisant à l’infini pour faire la grande Histoire."
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"Foisonnement."
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},
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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{
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"(1877) Du portugais selva (« forêt vierge ») apparenté à sylve, à l’ancien français selve."
],
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},
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63
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},
{
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[
89,
94
]
],
"ref": "Anne Vallaeys, Indépendance Cha Cha, Fayard, 2007, page 48",
"text": "Tout me reviendra, demain sur la route, pensais-je. Les parfums, les miaulements dans la selve, les couleurs, la lumière du Congo."
}
],
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"Forêt vierge des régions équatoriales."
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98,
103
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],
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"text": "Mieux vaut renoncer à ces enjambées formidables et avancer à petits pas dans la forêt obscure, la selve des destins humains s’entrecroisant à l’infini pour faire la grande Histoire."
}
],
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"Foisonnement."
],
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]
}
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},
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