Beautiful expansive water!
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Magnifique étendue d'eau?
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Magnifique étendue d'eau?
Yes, clearly they sound very similar and one was not paying attention.I thought exactly the same thing, and from reading your "hol(d)ing up" thread, it does seem you have a slightly clueless transcriber.
"Expanse of water" is a common phrase which a transcriber might have recognized, when "expansive water" means nothing.![]()