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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread forestall #111898 09/11/2003 5:12 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "I was about to offer myself, sir," said the priest; "it is our mission to forestall our duties." We had this word perhaps six months ago, meaning a crime consisting of buying up all of some necessary commodity in order to raise the price. I don't know what the French word was, but it seems clear to me that the translator made a poor choice. Incidentally, Dumas is getting nuttier and nuttier. In chapter 101 he has Monte Christo giving a girl a medication which will convince two experienced physicians that she is dead, but capable or staying pulseless and breathless for three days, and then making a complete recovery. I'm beginning to think Dumas wrote this while high on the hashish which he praises so extravagantly. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: forestall #111899 09/12/2003 2:37 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Online French version can be found here: http://minotaure.bibliopolis.fr:7999/HTML/Alpha/Alpha.htm Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,281 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 8 JerryC 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,136 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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