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He replies nothing but monosyllables. I believe he would make three bites of a cherry.

— François Rabelais Pantagruel (1532)

Il ne rend que monosyllables. Je croy qu'il feroit d'une cerise trois morceaux.

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Source: Pantagruel (1532), Book V, Chapter XXVIII.
Work: Pantagruel, 1532
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