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Impulsive response, almost very French and to a greater extent not English (6)

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I believe the answer is:

tremor

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'impulsive response' is the definition.
(I know that tremor is a type of impulsive response)

'almost very french and to a greater extent not english' is the wordplay.
'almost very french' becomes 'tre' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'to a greater extent' becomes 'more' (synonyms).
'not' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'more' with 'e' taken out is 'mor'.
'tre'+'mor'='TREMOR'

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(Other definitions for tremor that I've seen before include "Small vibration" , "Vibration - shaking" , "Involuntary shudder" , "make one shake" , "Strong shake" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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