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à deux en · ADP

Pronunciation

• /ɑː ˈdɜː/
• /ə ˈdɜː/

Etymology

Borrowed from French à deux.

Meanings

1. To be played by two people.
2. Privately; one-on-one.
   • Like their leader, none in the party spoke a word of German. Henderson, who would join them in Munich, was fluent in German, but of course he also spoke in tongues. Chamberlain and Hitler would talk à deux[…] 2012 November 20, Paul Reid, William Manchester, The Last Lion Box Set: Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965, Little, Brown, →ISBN:
   • It is arguable that Litvinov, had he met with civility and those supple conversations à deux in which trained diplomats excel, might have stopped the war […] (Can we date this quote?), William Manchester, The Last Lion, volume 2, page 458:

Relateds

ado · folie à deux · adieu