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table "table, list, diagram." Table des Matières "Table of Contents."

tant "as/so much." tant pis "so much the worse; too bad."

tard (a) "late." au plus tard "at the latest."

tel/le/s "such." tel quel "such as it is." tel père, tel fils "Like father, like son."

temps "time." autres temps, autres mœurs "other times, other customs."

tenir (v) "hold; adhere to."

terre "earth; world." Also "land," as at the end of a long sea journey [Diderot]

tête "head."

tirer (v) "pull, pull off." TIREZ "PULL" [sign on a door] > POUSSEZ

tomber (v) "fall."

toujours "always."

tout pl tous; f toute/s (a) "all, every; entirely." tout le monde "everybody" [not necessarily everybody in the world]. tout entier "in its entirety" [Bloch]

travail pl travaux "labor, work, literary production."

tri (f trier) "separation" [Bloch]. faire un tri "sort out, make a selection". triage "selection."

trois (or 3) "three." troisième (or IIIe) "third."

trouver (v) "find."

Trouville (Monet, detail)

très "very."

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