entre nous
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of entre nous
Borrowed into English from French around 1680–90
Example Sentences
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One on one, with a staff member, a reporter, or a lawmaker, his antennae are finely tuned, his style entre nous.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2010
Fairfax, Va. Amused Sirs: Of course, entre nous, you are forced to be servile to public opinion, and cannot call your mind your own�when you are in your office.
From Time Magazine Archive
Moreover, entre nous, I don't believe it will do him any good to spend his time a-fishing.
From Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) by Pearson, Elizabeth Ware
It is the face of a friend and, entre nous, just now I have need of it, for I am very low and depressed, but I don't mean to worry you with these things.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Downey, Edmund
"Ah! permettez," lui repondit l'autre en se degageant, "il y a une grande difference entre nous: vous etes avant tout chretien, et je suis avant tout historien."
From Lectures on Modern history by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
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