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French
Pronunciation
Verb
avoir lieu
- to take place, happen
- Synonym: arriver
1910, H. G. Wells, translated by Henry-D. Davray and B. Kozakiewicz, La Guerre dans les airs [The War in the Air], Paris: Mercure de France:La généralité des Américains s’imaginaient la guerre d’après les campagnes limitées, avantageuses et pittoresques, qui avaient eu lieu autrefois.- The common Americans fancied war to be the limited, picturesque, and adventurous campaigns that had taken place in earlier days.
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