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“belles lettres”
belles-lettres, belles lettres (plural form used with a singular verb) (noun)
Etymology: from French; literally, "fine letters" from belles, plural of belle,; feminine form of beau, "fine, beautiful" + lettres, plural of lettre, "letter".
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