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Show LEARN A WORD EVERYDAY 4 1 Today's word Is RAPPROCHE- . ML NT. It's pronounced, according to Web-ster. Web-ster. ra-prosh-man, with the. first syl- I lable and the second syllable lightly 1 and the second syllable more heavily! a ted, but in Its original French form, the last syllable is pronounced about half way between "mawnt" and I ( "mon.T " vvith the "t" barely, if at all I .touched upon , and with the syllables1 j equally accented, a pronunciation; lacking an exact equivalent In English. Eng-lish. I It means the act or fact of com-: com-: ln- or being drawn near or together, the establlsment or state of friendly ' relations. It was "lifted" into the English lan-' lan-' gungC directly from the French, "ra- procher" to cause to approach again. It used like this "Some French leaders believe they have a chance to J get their money more quickly and eas- j . Ily by a rapprochement with Germany than through the use of force." 00 a. I |