bien

"_Très bien très bien_" said the curé, nodding his head in critical commendation.

In and out of Three Normady Inns Anna Bowman Dodd

Note the idiomatic use of _bien_, and cf. _je le veux bien_, ‘I am _perfectly_ willing’; _voulez-vous bien vous en aller_, ‘_won’t_ you go away!’

Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant Alphonse Daudet 1868

I well remember when suggesting the communists had anything to do with this incident was regarded in bien pensant circles as incontrovertible proof of right-wing kookery.

Eastern Europe 2009

La Composition de l'Indigo Partie mucilagineuse séparable moyennant de l'eau 12 L'esprit-de-vin bien rectifié détache des parties résineuses 6 Du vinaigre distillé dissout la partie terreuse, mais n'attaque pas le fer, qui est ici en forme de chaux 22 L'acid marin emporte le fer calciné 13 [Total] 53

The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

The town is reckoned well built, and what the French call bien percee; yet the streets are in general narrow, and the houses dark.

Travels through France and Italy 2004

C'est dans cette anecdote qu'il faudrait, d'après certains auteurs, voir l'origine d'une expression bien connue: nous voulons parler du "quart d'heure de Rabelais."

French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann

It is to be feared that in roving among those shelves in Great Russell-street he showed himself something of a freebooter, taking his "bien" wherever it was to be found; but did not Molière frankly acknowledge the same practice?

Birds of Prey 1875

I don’t have the level of confidence I have in French, particularly in heated debates – lorsqu’une phrase bien sentie peut clouer le bec a vos adversaires.

cultural schizophrenia 2005

"Je trouvay l'expression bien forte: mais je ne voulois rien repondre, car le Roy s'estoit, desja fort emporte."] [Footnote 250: Mackenzie.] [Footnote 251: Walker's Account.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

So as long as it was teamed with something silken and expensive, bien sûr!

BritChick Paris: Why Having a French Boyfriend Is Like Living With a Fashion Stylist BritChick Paris 2011