faut
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Comme il faut, as the French would say.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2021
It was not quite comme il faut that the Barons should presume to speak to the boy.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017
Ms. Caldwell makes everything Alice does seem comme il faut — and that includes keeping a copy of Mr. Adjmi’s text in front of her.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2011
And in "Garden" he offers his version of Voltaire's "Il faut cultiver notre jardin", urging a friend and, one supposes, himself: "Look to your life,/to your one given garden."
From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2010
“Il faut que je parte aussi,” she said, with a sigh.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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