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Fighting words in Chirac’s resignation statement? (4,2,6)

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cest la guerre

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'fighting words' is the definition.
('c'est la guerre' is 'it's war' in French)

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(Other definitions for cest la guerre that I've seen before include "It was said to explain shortage" , "That's war! (French)" .)

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