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Examples
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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
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"Quarante centimes," * he says, grinning ear to ear.
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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"Quarante centimes," * he says, grinning ear to ear.
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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"Quarante centimes," * he says, grinning ear to ear.
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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.
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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
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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
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"Quarante centimes,"* he says, grinning ear to ear.
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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"Quarante centimes,"* he says, grinning ear to ear.
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And then in France, the CAC-Quarante is up 1.24 percent.
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