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Page 8. 10. de bonne heure, ‘early’; _à la bonne heure_, ‘all right,’
Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant Alphonse Daudet 1868
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And presently, as he stood, a quiet spectator of the different types of persons who were mingling with each other in the casual conversation on current topics and events, which always occupies that interval of time known as the 'mauvais quart d'heure' before the announcement of dinner, he happened to look at Maryllia's own dress, and, noticing it more closely, smiled.
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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And presently, as he stood, a quiet spectator of the different types of persons who were mingling with each other in the casual conversation on current topics and events, which always occupies that interval of time known as the 'mauvais quart d'heure' before the announcement of dinner, he happened to look at Maryllia's own dress, and, noticing it more closely, smiled.
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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And presently, as he stood, a quiet spectator of the different types of persons who were mingling with each other in the casual conversation on current topics and events, which always occupies that interval of time known as the 'mauvais quart d'heure' before the announcement of dinner, he happened to look at Maryllia's own dress, and, noticing it more closely, smiled.
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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French "heure," and the "oeu" of the French "coeur," which is not found in the German language, also the primitive sounds _ä_ and _ö_
The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869
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Ça fait une demi-heure depuis que j'ai commandé des frîtes!
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Ça fait une demi-heure depuis que j'ai commandé des frîtes!
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Example sentence: Le sarclage étant plus difficile lorsque la terre est sèche, il est judicieux d'arroser le terrain légèrement une heure avant de commencer.
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• Michael Seidel, Jesse and George Siegel Professor in Literature Humanities at Columbia University, selects: "Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure" "For a long time i used to go to bed early"
Bill Lucey: Remembering Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens, on his 200th Birthday Bill Lucey 2012
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Ça fait une demi-heure depuis que j'ai commandé des frîtes!
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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