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un faix

By Laura K. Lawless, About.com Guide

Definition: (literary, old-fashioned) burden

Mon fils n'est jamais un faix ! - My son is never a burden!

Elle vieillit sous le faix de ses soucis - She is aging due to the burden of worrying.

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