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Synonyms for tète-à-tète
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : teyt-uh-teyt, tet-uh-tet; French te-ta-tet |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪt əˈteɪt, ˈtɛt əˈtɛt; French tɛ taˈtɛt |
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Définition of tète-à-tète
Origin :- "a private meeting," French, tête-à-tête, literally "head-to-head," from Old French teste "head" (see tester (n.2)). The adjective, "privately," is recorded from 1728.
- As in conversation : noun dialogue, discourse
- He never interrupted a confidence; never marred a tete-a-tete.
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- Pardon me for interrupting your tete-a-tete, but do you know who has charge of the games?
- Extract from : « The Girl Scouts' Good Turn » by Edith Lavell
- He seemed embarrassed by the tete-a-tete which, nevertheless, he had sought.
- Extract from : « Samuel Brohl & Company » by Victor Cherbuliez
- We literally burst unannounced into the tete-a-tete on the porch.
- Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve
- Jewel was not late to lunch, but eating it tete-a-tete with aunt Madge was not to her taste.
- Extract from : « Jewel » by Clara Louise Burnham
- She replied that she was looking forward to their tete-a-tete.
- Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster
- But I am afraid, my dear fellow, that I must leave you to a tete-a-tete with Eleanor.
- Extract from : « The Parisians, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- I would rather keep my seat where I happen to be—and continue the tete-a-tete.
- Extract from : « Hedda Gabler » by Henrik Ibsen
- Us, in a tete-a-tete, is the most traitorous word in the whole language.
- Extract from : « Gerfaut, Complete » by Charles de Bernard
- The sweetness of a tete-a-tete might diminish the bitterness of recollections.
- Extract from : « Zibeline, Complete » by Phillipe de Massa
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