beaucoup

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She is seventeen, café au lait--beaucoup de lait, kohl-eyed, meter-tressed, and slim-bodied.

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  • Et meme si ta surdite augmentait beaucoup, nous aurions toujours le moyen de communiquer ensemble en parlant tres haut: en France nous parlerions anglais, et en Angleterre, francais He sympathized so much with my trouble that, unlike many other husbands, who would have been annoyed at having to take a deaf wife into society, he urged me to go with him everywhere, kindly repeated what I had not heard, and explained what I misunderstood. —  Philip Gilbert Hamerton
  • "Merci beaucoup, bon soir, je comprends, oui, mademoiselle, bonjour, mademoiselle All right, all right," she mutters, giving up. —  Glamorama
  • I smiled at some of the terms, as it brought back for me tales told by many friends I know who were in Vietnam for the war - especially "beaucoup," which seemed to be a favorite adopted word. —  Hungry Magazine
  • The poor man was rather terrified at dining at the château--had evidently taken great pains with his dress (a bright pink satin cravat was rather striking) and thanked the butler most gratefully every time he handed him a dish--"Je vous remercie beaucoup, Monsieur." —  Chateau and Country Life in France
  • Il ne faut pas lire beaucoup, c'est a dire, il faut faire choiz des Auteurs et se les rendre familier. —  Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676
 

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  1. French : beau, bel, fine, handsome; see beau + coup, stroke; see coup.
 

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