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prime

B2#7,401

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adjective
  1. first
nounfeminine
  1. reward; prize; bonus
  2. premiuminsurance policy

Used in the library

  • Le Gascon fit un saut de côté en portant une estocade en prime au chef iroquois.The Gascon made a side jump by wearing a bonus estocade to the Iroquois chief.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
  • Jussac, voulant en finir, porta un coup terrible à son adversaire en se fendant à fond; mais celui-ci para prime, et tandis que Jussac se relevait, se glissant comme un serpent sous son fer, il lui passa son épée au travers du corps.Jussac, wanting to finish, made a terrible blow to his adversary by slitting thoroughly; but this one para prime, and while Jussac rose up, slipping like a serpent under his iron, he passed his sword through his body.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
  • – Pour un homme de votre âge, dit le chevalier entre une feinte de seconde et une estocade de prime, vous avez encore le poignet ferme."For a man of your age," said the knight, between a feint of a second and a bonus, "you still have a firm wrist.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac

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