etui

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At this moment, a bullet struck the king in the breast, but the golden etui which the king carried in his pocket, had turned it aside, and thus saved his life.

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  • At this moment, a bullet struck the king in the breast, but the golden etui which the king carried in his pocket, had turned it aside, and thus saved his life. —  Frederick the Great and His Family
  • He stepped to his trunk, unlocked it, and took from it an etui containing a number of fans. —  Frederick the Great and His Family
  • But I vow I love you best with your etui. " —  Richard Carvel — Complete
  • Dérry ãir détente discothèque díscoték divorcé man, divorcée woman; divorcee either divorsây; divorcêe droit dwà droit du seigneur eau de Cologne ôdaco-lône eau de parfum ôda-twà-lét eau-de-vie ôda-vêe è-clà éclaircissement eclaircìsmàn emboû-shûre or óm - embourgeoisement ombŏurzhwazmón émigré émigrè en banc ón bónk en bloc, bloc ón blóck, blóc en brochette ón broshét en clair ón Clãir enclave énclave, ónclave en famille ón famì enfant terrible ón fànté-rìbl en fête ón fét en masse ón máss en passant -- in passing: in chess, of a pawn taking a pawn that has reached the same rank as one's own only by virtue of the fact that on its first move a pawn has the option of moving two squares en prise ón prêez en rapport ón rá-pŏr en route ón roûte ensemble ón sómbl ensilage ón silàzh en suite ón swêet entente cordiale óntónt cordiàl entourage ónturàzh entrechat óntrəshà óntrəmây entrepôt óntrəpô entrepreneur óntrəprənër entresol óntrəsól equipage ekípàzh esprit de corps espreedəcŏr estaminet éstáminay etiquette étikét étude âytûde etui ây-twì façade fassàd fait accompli fétəcóm-plêe fatigue fətêeg fauteuil foe toô ê fauve fôv faut-naïf fôe nîgh êef fiancé man, fiancée woman fì-ànsây flamboyant flambŏyant flânerie flánə-rìe flâneur flanëur foie gras fwà-grà folie à deux —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Rachel, have the gold etui your papa gave me when he came to our speech-day at Kensington, and we two performed the quarrel of Brutus and —  The Virginians
 

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