French sense
English translation: In the French way of doing things or thinking. In the French manner
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| 21:28 May 22, 2007 |
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|  Selected response from: Anna Maria Augustine (X) France Local time: 22:09 | ||||||
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| 3 +7 | attend |
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| 5 | In the French way of doing things or thinking. In the French manner |
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| 2 +1 | assister in French means "to be present at" |
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| 3 | the French meaning |
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5 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| french sense assister in French means "to be present at" Explanation: but you have not given us enough information to speak intelligently which services are you referring to? |
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6 mins confidence:
| french sense the French meaning Explanation: I imagine they are referring to the French meaning of the word "assist" (or rather "assister" in French) which is to be present at, or to attend (as opposed to the English meaning of to help). |
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6 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +7
peer agreement (net): +7| french sense attend Explanation: I think the author means in the French sense of the word "assist" - which I assume, like the Italian "assistere", means to attend or witness or "be there". This is contrast with the English "assist", which of course means to help. Assuming that "high services" refers to church services, I imagine the author is saying that people no longer participate in them (i.e. by giving the standard responses to the priest), they just watch them as if they were a performance. |
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