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La grasse matinée
La grasse matinée is a fixed feminine expression used with faire. It means staying in bed well past your usual hour.
Examples in context
Le dimanche, je fais la grasse matinée.
On Sunday I sleep in.
Une grasse matinée fait beaucoup de bien.
Sleeping in does you a lot of good.
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