L'Enfant
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Au revoir, l'enfant: A family vacation in France takes a tragic turn in the eight-part drama "The Missing."
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2014
French people are wary of creating l’enfant roi: “A 5-year-old should be aware that he’s in an environment where there are rules that make it possible for us to live together,” Fortier says.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2014
They are seen as a breath of fresh air or calling things as they see it, whereas I'm perceived as l'enfant terrible or the thug on the touchline.
From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2012
The song is an apt demonstration of what Paul de Saint-Victor called "cet instinct inn� de l'imitation qui fait similer � l'enfant les actions viriles"6—in which instinct lies the germ of the theatre.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
“Nous poursuivons la culture g�n�rale du caract�re et de l’esprit, mais nous cherchons en m�me temps � orienter l’enfant vers la vie pratique,” says an official report.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
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