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  • "_Si, nous aurons des enfants, et de beaux enfants_," she cried.

    The Belovéd Vagabond William John Locke 1896

  • Penini -- 'matinée d'enfants' -- and he went, and was rather proud of being received under a full-length portrait of Napoleon, who is as dear as ever to him.

    The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1833

  • She also says the UNPCB never gave Fairtrade a copy of the 2008 study it co- sponsored on child labor, which identified concerns about the vulnerability of so-called enfants confies, a French term used in West Africa for a type of foster child -- kids such as Clarisse.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • Je suis fonctionaire, une epouse, une mere de deux 'enfants' (ages 13 et 14!).

    joyeux - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • Je suis fonctionaire, une epouse, une mere de deux 'enfants' ages 13 et 14!

    joyeux - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • The Duchesse de Grammont (French Embassy) sent us a card for Penini ” 'matinee d'enfants' ” and he went, and was rather proud of being received under a full-length portrait of Napoleon, who is as dear as ever to him.

    The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth B 1898

  • Mes enfants aiment la plage et ils aiment construire les chateaux de sable!

    detente - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Au retour de Sicile, les enfants ont découvert quelques clandestins dans la voiture!

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Les paniers de cerises régalaient tous les enfants; les récoltes de tomates, d'un seul coup dans l'abondance, se partageaient.

    Tante Marie-Francoise 2009

  • Professeur de français (à la retraite anticipée juste aujourd'hui car j'ai 4 grands enfants) je lis chaque jour votre blog, disons à l'envers: cela me permet d'acquérir du vocabulaire en anglais.

    affolement - French Word-A-Day 2010

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