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Et il maniait des ciseaux, que j'ai récupérés. Bien.
Yeah, and wielding some mean scissors, which, by the way, I have. Oh, good.
Que de douces heures nous avions passées à étudier ensemble, et combien j'enviai souvent le sort de ces pierres insensibles qu'elle maniait de ses charmantes mains.
How many charming hours we had spent studying together; and how often I had been jealous of the fate of the unfeeling stones that she had manipulated with her graceful hands!
Il s’exprimait avec facilité en français et maniait la langue provençale avec plus de succès encore.
He was very much at ease in French and handled the Provençal dialect with even greater success.
Il la faisait tourner et la maniait. Il était extraordinaire.
The man was simply incredible.
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