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As a native English speaker; pellucid was new to me.

Fusillades specifically was unfamiliar but I inferred if from context and knowing fusilier.

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Pram is common in British English. I'm guessing you learned US English, which doesn't use it.
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Yes, as slang for ‘perambulator’, which is basically ‘stroller’
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Though even in the UK I think it has a slightly old fashioned feel -- I feel like parents are more likely to have a pushchair than a pram.
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The word pram doesn't exist in American English, true, but you'll learn it anyway if you ever read Peter Pan.
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