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  2. List of English words of French origin - Wikipedia

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    English words of French origin can also be distinguished from French words and expressions used by English speakers. Although French is derived mainly from Latin, which accounts for about 60% of English vocabulary either directly or via a Romance language, it includes words from Gaulish and Germanic languages, especially Old Frankish. Since ...

  3. -ing - Wikipedia

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    Sign showing a French ending -ing in one word dressing. Note: this is non-English. Sign of a singular form of French ending -ing. Sign of a plural form of French ending -ing. English words constructed from verbs with the ending -ing are sometimes borrowed into other languages.

  4. George Soros - Wikipedia

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    George Soros [a] HonFBA (born György Schwartz; August 12, 1930) [1] [2] is a Hungarian-American [b] businessman, investor, and philanthropist. [7] [8] As of October 2023, he had a net worth of US$6.7 billion, [9] [10] having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations, [11] of which $15 billion has already been distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune.

  5. Talk:Bachelor of Engineering - Wikipedia

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    If it is an engineering course, it is very rare to get BSc/BS. In United Kingdom, even there's no BEng but there's MEng. Master of Engineering, in most case, will be awarded only to graduates from 4-year engineering program (bachelor + master). May be this MEng is something like German's Diplom. But I'm not sure about it. -- 19:06, 29 Apr 2005 ...

  6. 2024 French legislative election - Wikipedia

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    The two rounds of the election were held on 30 June and 7 July in metropolitan France (France, adjacent islands, Corsica), while each round took place a day earlier in France's overseas departments (Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, French Polynesia) as well as in embassies and ...

  7. French special retirement plan - Wikipedia

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    In France employees of some government-owned corporations enjoy a special retirement plan, collectively known as régimes spéciaux de retraite.These professions include employees of the SNCF (national railways), the RATP (Parisian transport), the electrical and gas companies (EDF and GDF) which used to be government-owned; as well as some employees whose functions are directly related to the ...

  8. Pensions in France - Wikipedia

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    This minimum pension (French: Allocation de solidarité aux personnes âgées) is the first level of the first pillar of the French pension system. The ASPA is a monthly benefit paid to low-income seniors, whether or not they are former employees. It is not a retirement pension: it is financed by the State, not by social contributions.

  9. Symbolism in the French Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The French Republic continued this Roman symbol to represent state power, justice, and unity. [2] During the Revolution, the fasces image was often used in conjunction with many other symbols. Though seen throughout the French Revolution, perhaps the most well known French reincarnation of the fasces is the Fasces surmounted by a Phrygian cap.