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quarantaine

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nounfeminine
  1. a number or group of or about forty
  2. one's fortiesperiod of life between ages 40 and 49
  3. quarantineisolation to prevent contamination

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  • Les Iroquois qui avaient maintenant tous escaladé le fort, se trouvaient une quarantaine à l'intérieur des retranchements.The Iroquois, who had now all climbed the fort, were about forty inside the trenches.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
  • — Oh! mon Dieu non, à une quarantaine de lieues seulement; nous avons été conduire m. Athos aux eaux de Forges, où mes amis sont restés.- Oh! My God no, only about forty leagues; we were driven m. Athos in the waters of Forges, where my friends stayed.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires

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