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tender kayakBOT Jun 28, 2025, 4:48 PM

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lilac zenith Jun 28, 2025, 4:52 PM

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it's weird

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commencer is start

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what does starting someone mean

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sounds like the speaker is torturing someone

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but i wouldn't write that even then

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l'acier froid de ma lame sounds good tho
poetic but good

warm ferry Jun 28, 2025, 5:03 PM

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Not sure if this is the original sentence but here it is:

But I'm going to start you off with the cold steel of my katana blade

dusky hazel Jun 28, 2025, 5:17 PM

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lilac zenith what does starting someone mean

https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9C3106 apparently a classical usage? 👀

commencer | Dictionnaire de l’Académie française | 9e édition

Définition de COMMENCER : Engager une action, entreprendre une tâche ; en exécuter la partie initiale.

paper ibex Jun 29, 2025, 11:21 PM

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it's clearly machine translated from the english

brittle ember Jun 30, 2025, 1:10 AM

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oh?

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