ça va
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of ça va
Literally, “that goes”
Example Sentences
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BST12:05 The end begins Bonjour, ça va and bienvenue to the Palme d’Or announcement liveblog, direct from a media room packed with panicky press at the Cannes film festival.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2015
"Ah!—our husbands, ça va sans dire!—but gentlemen of that kind do nothing else than play billiards all the morning."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 by Various
And, though she may not talk much about suffering and self-denial, her silence on that topic may be accounted for on the principle ça va sans dire.
From Hume (English Men of Letters Series) by Huxley, Thomas Henry
And though she may not talk much about suffering and self-denial, her silence on that topic may be accounted for on the principle ça va sans dire.
From Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of T. H. Huxley by Huxley, T. H.
"Ah, ça va tout doucement Paul is well, the good God be praised, but I—I perish day by day" At which the entire court-yard was certain to burst into laughing protest.
From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Dodd, Anna Bowman
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