Expression: faire cesser un malentendu = to clear up a misunderstanding. From Wordnik.com. [French Word-A-Day:] Reference
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 malentendu malentendu (ma-lahn-tahn-dew) noun, masculine. From Wordnik.com. [French Word-A-Day:] Reference
Votre longue liste semble issue d'un malentendu qui repose sur une méprise née d'une confusion. From Wordnik.com. [Flopping Aces] Reference
Je crois qu'il y a là quelque malentendu que je serai bien aise de faire disparaître, si vous voulez m'y donner le temps. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1] Reference
Like the pun and double-entendre, quasi malediction is based on similarity of sound between two words with vastly different meanings, but, unlike the pun, it is less a play on words than a confusion between words: linguistic malentendu. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 1] Reference
References: bousculé(e) = shaken up; chez nous = at our place; le/la cancérologue (m.f.) = cancer specialist; bref = in brief, to make a long story short; Paoli-Calmettes = cancer institute in Marseilles; le séjour (m) = stay; le malentendu (m) = misunderstanding; le quotidien (m) = everyday life, routine; teef = (made up word for 'le sein' = breast); teef = (from the doctor's slurred English, for "teeth"). From Wordnik.com. [French Word-A-Day:] Reference
References: bousculé (e) = shaken up; chez nous = at our place; le/la cancérologue (m.f.) = cancer specialist; bref = in brief, to make a long story short; Paoli-Calmettes = cancer institute in Marseilles; le séjour (m) = stay; le malentendu (m) = misunderstanding; le quotidien (m) = everyday life, routine; teef = (made up word for 'le sein' = breast); teef = (from the doctor's slurred English, for "teeth"). From Wordnik.com. [Jules] Reference
Faire cesser un malentendu = to clear up a misunderstanding. From Wordnik.com. [French Word-A-Day:] Reference
L'oreille distraite est l'organe du malentendu. From Wordnik.com. [French Word-A-Day:] Reference
Washington semblaient ne pas laisser même la possibilité d'un malentendu sur des points aussi délicats. ". From Wordnik.com. [A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 1: Andrew Jackson (Second Term)] Reference
Washington, semblaient ne pas laisser même la possibilité d'un malentendu sur des points aussi délicats. ". From Wordnik.com. [A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 1: Andrew Jackson (Second Term)] Reference
Le malentendu; Caligula. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Camus - Bibliography] Reference
malentendu ». From Wordnik.com. [tremper - French Word-A-Day] Reference
« malentendu |. From Wordnik.com. [la cachette - French Word-A-Day] Reference
| malentendu ». From Wordnik.com. [tremper - French Word-A-Day] Reference
Laquo; malentendu. From Wordnik.com. [la cachette - French Word-A-Day] Reference
malentendu - French Word-A-Day. From Wordnik.com. [malentendu - French Word-A-Day] Reference
malentendu malentendu ma-lahn-tahn-dew noun, masculine 1. misunderstanding. From Wordnik.com. [French Word-A-Day:] Reference
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