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Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own: par excellence

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Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:

par excellence

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par excellence- beyond comparison

He praised her as the teacher par excellence

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