Les chemises de l’archiduchesse
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Explanation of tongue twister:
Translation : The shirts of the archduchess.
Les chemises de l’archiduchesse
sont-elles sèches?
Archi-sèches!
The shirts of the Archduchess
are they dry?
Archi-dry!
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