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I wholeheartedly agree on this. Thank you for sharing great examples to use instead. Also "The only spears that might eventually show up in my prose is Britney" is my favorite line from this edition. I hope all is well in Italy!

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Ha!, I was hoping someone would enjoy the Britney Spears reference 😉

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Oh my god I love this ! I keep telling my clients, my students, my mentees, how much violent "target" is for example. I'll try the make up thing even tough I'm not sure how it translates in French... Violence and Battle translate quite well, incidentally

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Let me know how your experiments go, Laura! If you discover something useful, I'd love to give it all a try.

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