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Usages of dernier
Pour l’entretien de demain, je vais me faire relire le dernier brouillon par Marie avant de l’envoyer en pièce jointe par courriel.
For tomorrow’s interview, I am going to have Marie reread the latest draft before sending it as an email attachment.
Le dernier train est déjà parti.
The last train has already left.
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