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Sans façon, sah fah song. Without fashion. Unceremonious. Sans tache, sang tash. Without blemish. Unstained.

Savant, sah vang. A learned man.

Savoir faire, sah vooar faire. Management. Skill in anything. Savoir vivre, - veevr. Good breeding or manners.

Scrutin de liste, skru tang d' liste. Scrutin is French for ballot. Voting by Departmental lists of members. The voter writes on his paper a list of as many names (or less if he chooses) as there are persons to be elected for the whole department. In scrutin d' arrondissment members are elected separately. Sometimes as many as fifteen different lists, representing different shades of politics, are placed before the notice of voters for one department.

Séance, say angs. A sitting or meeting together of several persons to investigate or witness some special matter.