Old French

基本解释

The word cement seems to have come into Middle English from Old French and ultimately from Latin.
水泥这个词似乎最早是由拉丁语演变为古法语，随后进入中世纪英语。
At that point, the old French proverb “to understand all is to forgive all” will start to have a new resonance, though forgiveness may not always be the consequence.
到了那时候，那条古老的法国谚语，“理解一切，便是原谅一切”就获得了全新的涵义，尽管原谅未必总是最终结果。
Several American companies, such as Tiffany & Co, have thriving web businesses, but European firms, especially the old French houses, such as Chanel and Hermès, are still afraid of mice.
蒂凡尼等几家美国公司的网络生意都进行的如火如荼，但是欧洲的公司尤其是老牌法国商店，比如香奈儿和爱马仕都惧怕网络。

She was nine years old at the time. She remembers her mother on her knees, begging French police to take her but to spare her children.
It's an idea that Chris Miller in the French Department and I came up with in the late '90s, and my old dear friend Dick Broadhead provided the funding.
这是法语系的克里斯·米勒和我,在九十年代末想出来的主意,我的老哥们迪克·布罗德海德给我们赞助
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and the French-born action filmmaker says sought the advice of 89-year-old Ray Harryhausen, the special effects pioneer who used stop-motion animation to bring mythological creatures to life in the 1981 film.

The 69-year-old French native has managed to stay off the wealth radar for some time.
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the French language in its earliest forms, from about the 9th century up to about 1400 ( abbr: OF)