Dictionnaire
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garder (v) "guard, keep."

Houses in the Old Town of Bergerac, chief town of Gascoigne

Gascogne "Gascony." Culture area of mediaeval France, now split between several administrative departments.

gauche (a) "left-hand, clumsy." Rive Gauche "Left Bank" (of the Seine, includes the University quarter of Paris).

général/e pl généraux (a) "general."

génie "genius, spirit; demon." génie politique "political genius."

gens "people." les petites gens , le droit des gens "law of nations."

grand (a) "big, imposing" > petit

gros/se (a) "gross, bulky."

guerre "war" (de Maistre; Clemenceau).

Musee Guimet, where the manuscripts of Chavannes are preserved.

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