à fond
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On ne nous laisserait ni le temps ni la liberté d'étudier un point si important de doctrine avec gravité et à fond, comme il doit l'être.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
Un homme voyoit un bateau si chargé que les bords en étoient à fleur d'eau: "Ma foi," dit-il, "si la rivière étoit un peu plus haute le bateau iroit à fond."
From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Edgeworth, Maria
I have already had some conversation with him, and mean to talk à fond to him to-morrow.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 by Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount
Arlechino appeared in 1671 thus: 'Veste et pantalon à fond jaune clair.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague
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