ma chère
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Sample dialogue for white actors: “Ah, ma chère, we shall make a fine life here indeed.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2012
“There is not much to be afraid of, so you need not be anxious, ma chère mère; or you either, Sophie,” he said in a cheerful tone of voice.
From Paddy Finn by Webb, Archibald
Absolutely, ma chère, there is no help for it.
From The Independence of Claire by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
It is not to joke when it fogs in your country, ma chère.
From The School Queens by Meade, L. T.
Revived by this, he timidly looked out from the chapel, and shuddering as he beheld the gloomy wilderness around, he once more screamed in a thin piercing cry, “Mamma! oh, ma chère mamma!”
From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)
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