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...losing sight of the environment in which the events narrated take place. But an even more fundamental reason is that we like to be able to convince ourselves of familiarity with the unfamiliar. The French phrase becomes a mark of confidence in us and in the extent of our linguistics???particularly if it is discreetly translated in the next sentence. It is just one more of those little touches that make us feel fifty per cent cleverer than anyone else thinks...
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