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And of course…
And of course. I do love this expression. I’m sure it’s appeared on other snippets on this site, but this is the first time I’m really noticing it. It is very different from the English “of course” although
Found this site sharing the meaning. But they don’t dive into WHY it means that. I love the origin of idioms and expressions. For instance, I recently read that the word “selfie” is of Australian origin. However, the Australian dictionary excludes it from the list of 11000 Australian expressions… It’s just too global now.
“Very Sure”, almost like a comical “Most Certainly!”
And most certainly, this makes me love the expression even more.
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Deux ans plus tard, en 1874, Monet participe à une grande exposition indépendante de peinture et il décide d’exposer le tableau de son lever de soleil au Havre.
Il choisit d’appeler ce tableau : « Impression, soleil levant ». C’est une très grande exposition.
35 peintres exposent 165 tableaux et, parmi ces peintres, il y a Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley et bien sûr, Claude Monet.
Two years later, in 1874, Monet took part in a major independent painting exhibition and he decided to exhibit the painting of his sunrise in Le Havre.
He chooses to call this painting: “Impression, rising sun”. It is a very large exhibition.
35 painters exhibit 165 paintings and, among these painters, there is Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and of course, Claude Monet.
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parmi ces peintres
et bien sûr
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