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"parcourir"

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Definition: to travel, cover; to skim through, run one's eye over

Nous avons parcouru toute la ville en trois jours - We covered the whole city in three days.

J'ai déjà parcouru le livre - I've already skimmed through the book

Related: le parcours - distance, journey, route; career, path; courir - to run

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