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tant mieux

American  
[tahn myœ] / tɑ̃ ˈmjœ /
French.
  1. so much the better.


tant mieux British  
/ tɑ̃ mjø /
  1. so much the better

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The spirited part of France will say, tant mieux, so much the better.

From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Thomas Paine

If I can find a publisher for it, tant mieux.

From Ballads of a Bohemian by Robert W. (Robert William) Service

Ay," said Rochfort, "you know he told us there was a tant pis and a tant mieux in every thing—he's not come to the tant pis yet.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 03 by Maria Edgeworth

President Mounier, though he answered Mirabeau with a tant mieux, and affected to slight the matter, had his own forebodings.

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle

"Tant mieux, tant mieux," said the king; "what do you think of it, my dear Lex?"

From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar Meding

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