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Cette année il était encore tôt pour que les fleurs de cerisier eussent éclos de façon que les boutons étaient encore raides.
This year it was still early for cherry blossoms to bloom, so buds were still stiff.
Dans un site historique de Koguryo je demandai à un conducteur si des fleurs de cerisier y eussent éclos et il répondit qu’il n’y eût que des fleurs de pêcher.
At a historic site of Koguryo I asked a driver if cherry blossoms bloomed there and he replied that there was only peach flower.
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