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Meanings of lumières in English

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просвещение

Activity.

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Examples for "enlightenment"
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Principal among these, of course, is education and the rigours of enlightenment.
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2
Still, there's no reason to believe that enlightenment is on the way.
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3
It might aim to create general enlightenment, but it runs on money.
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4
And yet it had been given only in the spirit of enlightenment.
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Yet the exchanges only elicit public enlightenment once in a blue moon.
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Usage of lumières in English
1
When he was in his early 20s he ran several 'son et lumières', bringing history to life, and has also run free enterprise exhibitions.
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2
But it is a false dichotomy - the Lumières' films were often just as fictitious.
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3
The Lumières photographed the world as it was and didn't believe the cinema had a future.
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4
Within a year, though, the Lumières were placing their cumbersome camera on a boat or a train, thus creating the tracking shot.
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