I wonder if livre à clef is a 'book key' or an index?. From Wordnik.com. [clef - French Word-A-Day] Reference
He had several nose jobs, his lips thinned, and chin clef put in, among other alterations. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Jackson's artistic legacy spans the decades] Reference
Un super cadeau avec un porte clef ourson bleu. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
J'v fermer ma porte a clef au moins j'serais tranquil!. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
Je l'accrocherai a ma clef d'apartement tiens: p: p: p. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
Que vous me donniez certaine clef que j'ai juré d'avoir. From Wordnik.com. [The Tales of Hoffmann Les contes d'Hoffmann] Reference
And then, thecoup de grace, thene plus ultra, theroman a clef. From Wordnik.com. [Battle of the Bulging British Bridesmaids] Reference
Perkins says the book is no roman a clef -- "just a good story.". From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
In rote fashion I answered: I can read notes on the treble clef only. From Wordnik.com. [nightnurse Diary Entry] Reference
But in the case of a roman à clef such as this, it works like a dream. From Wordnik.com. [Enemies: A Literary Love Story] Reference
Some reviewers first read "Advise and Consent" as a roman à clef about a U.S. From Wordnik.com. [At 50, a D.C. Novel With Legs] Reference
First seen in London in 1966, "A Song at Twilight" is a roman à clef of sorts. From Wordnik.com. [Coward, Brave and Sincere] Reference
A number of years ago I did a roman à clef in comic form called Beg the Question. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Fingerman: From the Ashes of New York...] Reference
Lucy tries to get Hank to be serious about the bass clef of Bach's Partita in E Major. From Wordnik.com. [portrait of the artist as a 19-month old] Reference
"Excuse me, young ladies, but my name is James Graham, Jr.," squeaked the treble clef. From Wordnik.com. [Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation] Reference
Between C in the bass clef and G above the treble will represent its serviceable notes. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891] Reference
The G clef is used in notation, but the notes sound an octave lower than they are written. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Le probleme c juste que j'ai oublié de demander la clef de l'atelier pour demain matin. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
A roman à clef, I breezily observed, wasn't nearly as interesting as a novel made from whole cloth. From Wordnik.com. [Marty Kaplan: My Daughter, the Best-Selling Novelist] Reference
This and the first volume which appeared in May 1709 were romans a clef with separately printed keys. From Wordnik.com. [Delarivier Manley (c. 1663-1724)] Reference
He failed to make law review, but instead he wrote "One L," his piercing roman a clef about law students. From Wordnik.com. [The Man With Two Brains] Reference
About as far as learning that I've completely forgotten the bass clef since those childhood piano lessons. From Wordnik.com. [Instant Education] Reference
Altman insists it's not a film a clef, and Michael Tolkin, who wrote the novel and the screenplay, agrees. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood Is Talking] Reference
It has a harmonic compass from middle C to C above the treble clef, and can go higher, but with difficulty. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891] Reference
The Mike Nichols/Elaine May adaptation of Joe "Anonymous" Klein's roman à clef holds up surprisingly well. From Wordnik.com. [The Week in DVR: Please Watch Chuck, Martin Rocks 30 Rock, Primary Colors] Reference
The compass of this contra-bass lies between D in the double bass octave and the lower F of the treble clef. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891] Reference
There is some beautiful tracery in the windows, and a fine boss (clef pendante) in the south porch, now restored. From Wordnik.com. [Brittany & Its Byways] Reference
Mais j'ai tellement bombardé la meuf de question qu'au moment de partir, la porte de l'anpe etait fermée a clef. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
So one side is gonna have orchestra on it (yeah, dorky) and the other shall have either a music clef or the libra sign. From Wordnik.com. [clashpunk Diary Entry] Reference
While Ms. Froelich insisted that her book is not a roman a clef, certain characters in the novel sound eerily familiar. From Wordnik.com. [Paula Froelich's Mercurial World: 'Society Is Pretty Much Dead,' Says Sassy Page Six Vet] Reference
The treble clef, note E, 4th space, is orange; note D, 1st space below, violet; note F, 4th space above clef, ambergris. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Mechanics for Boys] Reference
Kinder's book received considerable attention before publication because it literally piles roman a clef atop roman a clef. From Wordnik.com. [Books: It's My Party] Reference
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