Use of par exemple! in Tintin comics really foxed me. The literal meaning of par exemple is for example. But from the context (and my memory of the English version) I could see that this phrase is being used as an expression of surprise. Till I noticed that the phrase almost always took the form ça par exemple! This, indeed, turns out to be an exclamation of surprise: ça par exemple! = how about that!
These small bits are what makes learning language all the more challenging and interesting!
These small bits are what makes learning language all the more challenging and interesting!
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