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  • The Club du Quarante has a tradition of singers sitting in, and we might as well invite the Americans to join us, why not?

    Priceless Nicole Richie 2010

  • "Quarante centimes," * he says, grinning ear to ear.

    French Word-A-Day: 2005

  • "Quarante centimes," * he says, grinning ear to ear.

    French Word-A-Day: 2005

  • "Quarante centimes," * he says, grinning ear to ear.

    épuiser - French Word-A-Day 2005

  • The Prince of Trente et Quarante has quite overcome the old serene sovereign of Noirbourg, whom one cannot help fancying a prince like a prince in a Christmas pantomime — a burlesque prince with twopence-halfpenny for a revenue, jolly and irascible, a prime-minister-kicking prince, fed upon fabulous plum-puddings and enormous pasteboard joints, by cooks and valets with large heads which never alter their grin.

    The Kickleburys on the Rhine 2006

  • The mother was gone, who had given them the heaps of pretty books, and the pretty studs in the shirts, and the pretty silken clothes, and the tender — tender cares; and they were handed to this scowling practitioner of Trente et Quarante.

    Roundabout Papers 2006

  • Next: “La Femme de Quarante Ans,” a capital tale, full of exquisite fun and sparkling satire: La femme de quarante ans has a husband and THREE lovers; all of whom find out their mutual connection one starry night; for the lady of forty is of a romantic poetical turn, and has given her three admirers A STAR

    The Paris Sketch Book 2006

  • "Quarante centimes,"* he says, grinning ear to ear.

    French Word-A-Day: 2005

  • "Quarante centimes,"* he says, grinning ear to ear.

    épuiser - French Word-A-Day 2005

  • And then in France, the CAC-Quarante is up 1.24 percent.

    CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2001 2001

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