tête-à-tête

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"I trust I've not abruptly broken off a pleasant _tête-à-tête_?"

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  1. adverb Without the intrusion of a third person; in intimate privacy: talk tête-à-tête; a tête-à-tête supper.
  2. noun A private conversation between two persons.
  3. noun A sofa for two, especially an S-shaped one allowing the occupants to face each other.

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  • The night before the KISS concert at the Pearl in the Palms it was a quiet tête-à-tête for two with Paul and George, but after the show the entire band joined George and all the stars at N9NE Steakhouse. —  Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines
  • In my own personal experience, the above kind of Middle East tête-à-tête has had horrific consequences. —  Palestine Blogs aggregator
  • Our _tête-à-tête_ has been of monstrous length. —  Barchester Towers
  • "I trust I've not abruptly broken off a pleasant _tête-à-tête_?" —  Thelma
  • She is chatting easily and naturally on a plush covered tête-à-tête with —  Rolling Stones
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  1. French : tête, head + à, to + tête, head.

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  1. French, face to face, literally ‘head to head’: tête, head; à (from Latin ad), to; tête, head: see test.
  2. from tête-à-tête, adv.
  3. French, a private interview, from tête-à-tête, face to face: see tête-à-tête, adv.
 

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