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Mont Blanc, perhaps the most successful men's luxury brand, is a masterpiece of sotte voce dazzle.
Tom Doctoroff: Winning Designs in China: Standing Out to Fit In 2009
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The "opening" of society to foreign laborers is discussed only sotte voce, with real liberalization light years from reality.
Tom Doctoroff: China vs. Japan: Two Cultures, Two Responses to Crisis 2009
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But American Geneva Convention violations will lead to relatively sotte voce diplomatic condemnation.
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On appelle familièrement gourde une personne un peu sotte.
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On appelle familièrement gourde une personne un peu sotte.
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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On appelle familièrement gourde une personne un peu sotte.
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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From what I understand, during the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance, reading was so linked to aurality that even when individuals read to themselves, they did just that--moved their lips and pronounced the words sotte voce.
Do Not Disturb Julianne Douglas 2008
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One of his drunken exclamations was, “And the jade doats on your youth, you raw blockhead! and talks of your noble deportment, as she calls your accursed English formality — and your pure morals, forsooth! des moeurs de Caton a-t-elle dit — sotte!”
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On appelle familièrement gourde une personne un peu sotte.
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“He is a foole, a sotte, and a geke,” wrote Alexander Barclay in his 1515 Certayne Egloges, using the lively words of the time to denounce a simpleton.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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