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
Je passais la main sur la figure de l'enfant: je le prends par la main.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
MAUPATÉ, L.: Recherches d'anthropologie criminelle chez l'enfant; criminalité et dégénérescence.
From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.
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