This is consistent with our analysis of the imparfait as less compatible with achievements and of the plusque-parfaitas less compatible with states.
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What remains of the man, besides his energy, his passion for action and his total lack of self-doubt, is a mind furnished with the readymade, aparfaitbureaucrat.
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She enjoys sweets, especiallyparfait, and can usually be found wearing very frilly dresses with plenty of lace and bows.
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It is also used as a cooking sauce for meat and fish and in sweet desserts like halvaparfait.
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He has a surprisingly strong sweet tooth, as he often eats parfaits.
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A few days later he returned to the town and stole away with his sister, entrusting her to a pair of parfaits.
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In some stores they also sell wraps, parfaits, fruit salads, soup and other light options.
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The parfaits it was said only rarely recanted, and hundreds were burnt.
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His favorite food is bananaparfait.
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Foie gras is sold whole, or is prepared into mousse,parfait, or pt, and may also be served as an accompaniment to another food item, such as steak.
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