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un fossé

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Definition: (lit and fig) - ditch, gulf, gap

Il y a un fossé entre mes frères - There's a gulf between my brothers.

Il est tombé dans le fossé - He fell in the ditch.

Related: une fosse - pit, grave, une fossette - dimple

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