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é

[ bree-zey; French bree-zey ]

noun

plural és
  1. a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.


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Origin of é1

1780–90; < French: literally, broken, past participle of briser to break; brisance
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The dark, heavy brick facade will be replaced with masonry of a lighter shade and a structural shading feature known as “brise soleil.”

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Can a muralist and product designer infographic his way into telling a compelling love story, from coup de foudre to coeur é?

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So-called broken rice, com tâm in Vietnam and riz é in Senegal — shifted by the French from one colony to the other in the first half of the 20th century — consists of the grains that fracture when run through the mill and was once disdained and sold on the cheap.

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Such was the case with one of the ambitious projects featured in the book, the playful yet slick Brise Soleil.

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Sherman called the injury reports “meaningless things on paper even though you are going to play or whatever it is. They’ve got to put that his ankle is sore, his hipe is sore or he’s got a brise on his hand. But gusy are tough — if you are going to play, what’s the point?’

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