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The following 10 entries include the term c'est.
c'est-à-dire
French phrase: that is to say : namely
c'est autre chose
French phrase: that's a different thing : that's something else entirely
c'est la guerre
French phrase: that's war : it can't be helped
c'est la vie
French phrase: that's life : that's how things happen
c'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute
French phrase: it's worse than a crime, it's a blunder
le style, c'est l'homme
French quotation from the Comte de Buffon: the style is the man : you may know a man through his writing
l'état, c'est moi
French quotation attributed to Louis XIV: the state, it is I : I myself am the nation
plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
French quotation from Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr: the more that changes, the more it's the same thing : the more things change, the more they stay the same —often shortened to plus ça change
qu'est-ce que c'est?
French phrase: what is it? : what's that?
tout comprendre c'est tout pardonner
French phrase: to understand all is to forgive all
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