bien entendu
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of bien entendu
Literally, “well understood”
Example Sentences
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The Bishop had already put the suggestion, so far as it concerned him, aside with a tolerant smile, which encouraged everything from which he, bien entendu, was omitted.
From Brother Copas by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
So she, Louise, was sent down, bien entendu, to break up the t�te-�-t�te!
From The New Warden by Ritchie, Mrs. David G.
"Protection you shall have, mon Colonel, if you have a right to it, bien entendu," said the sergeant, civilly but cautiously.
From The Passenger from Calais by Griffiths, Arthur
The bank, bien entendu, is of the past, and you, I hear, are in the far West.
From Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by Williams, J. Scott (John Scott)
In the immediate neighbourhood of Nürnberg, which was bien entendu one of the chief seats of the Imperial power, a robber-knight leader, named Hans Thomas von Absberg, was a standing menace.
From German Culture Past and Present by Bax, Ernest Belfort
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