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
"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
"I believe she is; but——" It was a promising "but;" a "but" that would become entre nous with very little pressing.
From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
Again, entre nous, I regard photographs as trivialities—above all, those abominations "photos from the Front."
From War Letters of a Public-School Boy by Jones, Henry Paul Mainwaring
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