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pourparler

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pour·par·ler  (prpär-l)
n.
Conversation or discussion preliminary to negotiation.
[French, from Old French, to discuss with the aim of reaching agreement, conversation preliminary to an agreement : pour, for, before (from Old French, from Latin pr; see pro-1) + parler, to talk; see parley.]
pourparler French [purparle (English) pʊəˈpɑːleɪ]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an informal or preliminary conference
[literally: for speaking]


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And now that the pourparlers are over, may I ask what it is we are to do?
Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context
(namely, Gania's attractiveness for Nastasia Philipovna), stood out more and more prominently; the pourparlers had commenced, and gradually even Totski began to believe in the possibility of success.
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