Nothing will ever compare with being safe in mot. From Wordnik.com. [The Bird Below Is an American Kestrel...Not a Red-Tailed Hawk ...Which Makes the Story Even More Amazing] Reference
I attempt an English version of a famous bon mot from the Chinese sage Xun Zi. From Wordnik.com. [Chinalyst - China blogs in English] Reference
I was reading it just as my almost 5 year old angel of a daughter shouted out a gros mot from the kitchen. From Wordnik.com. [bon sang - French Word-A-Day] Reference
The mot was a successful one, and nobody was more amused by it than the spirituelle lady of whom it was said. From Wordnik.com. [What I Remember]
You either have to have a written passport up here, or you must know the "mot" if challenged by the French sentries. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915] Reference
Il y a encore un peu de fantasme autour de ce mot. From Wordnik.com. [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference
Le maître mot y est "chantier en cours", sans palissades. From Wordnik.com. [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference
C'est sur ce mot que je souhaiterais conclure: l'échange. From Wordnik.com. [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference
Les bibliothèques publiques peuvent encore avoir leur mot à dire. From Wordnik.com. [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference
I had learned of Gertrude Stein's bon mot that medicine opened all doors. From Wordnik.com. [The writing life of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Harold Varmus] Reference
'Twas not till a week later I discovered this to be a bon mot of Madame de. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty] Reference
"As sweet as a nut," is an old bon mot which hides no such repulsive picture. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 17, 18, and 19, 1930] Reference
Elegance, she says, is le mot juste, the way to go -- "a word that suits the turn of the century.". From Wordnik.com. [The Battle Of The Rag Mags] Reference
A formal call, or the first call of the season, should, mot last longer than ten or fifteen minutes. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
Mais un texte électronique permet de localiser beaucoup plus rapidement un mot ou un groupe de mots. From Wordnik.com. [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference
Mais de nos jours les dictionnaires sont des instruments stupides: on doit connaître le mot avant de le trouver!. From Wordnik.com. [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference
And there was 86-year-old Faith Dane, making her seventh run for the mayoralty, spouting off bon mot after bon mot. From Wordnik.com. [DeMorning DeBonis: Aug. 10, 2010] Reference
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