tout à fait
Americanadverb
adverb
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“Tout a fait au bout, Monsieur,” he called.
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The Governor of that place was a tout à fait civilisé Young Turk, sedentary, Semitic, and very disagreeable.
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Ce n'est pas à dire qu'elle soit tout à fait sans intérêt, sans importance: pour la constitution du texte.
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But the Turkish doctor refused, assuring him, in French, that it was tout à fait stérilizé, absolutely sterilized.
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Montfort, my most candid adviser, was delighted, and said of a particular bit "je vous assure c'est tout à fait comme Decamps."
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