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Vocabulary related question to native-speakers
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ueslteacher
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Vocabulary related question to native-speakers
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Could anyone from our native-speaking forum frequenters clarify something for me please? I �ve heard the word "sequence" in a show and from the context I �ve figured it was "a paillette" (a piece of evidence in a murder-mystery investigation). But no matter where I tried to look it up, I couldn �t find this meaning. So, my question, is it a fairly new coinage that it �s not even in the dictionary, nor in wikipedia? To tell the truth there was no "paillette" in my favourite dictionary either  So, how is this thing called in different parts of the English-speaking world?
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7 Jul 2013
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frenchfrog
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Maybe �sequins � and not �sequence �?  |
7 Jul 2013
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manonski (f)
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In Quebec, you would hear "paillettes" for the picture you �re showing. Frenchfrog is correct, those are sequins.
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7 Jul 2013
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ueslteacher
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Oh, thanks, Laurence (I hope I remmeber your name right..)! So, I got the spelling wrong all together and sequins really IS in the dictionary. Well, you live and learn:) The word never came up in any of the books I use:) Sophia
P.S. Thank you, Ella and Manon!
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7 Jul 2013
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ueslteacher
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Yeah, I kinda got it already, Stuart, thanks. |
8 Jul 2013
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