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Meaning of à deux | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ɑː ˈdɜː

Definitions

  1. To be played by two people.
  2. Privately; one-on-one.

Equivalents

Français à deux

Examples

“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 […]”
“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[…]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

a dime a dozen a diminutive of the male given name Alfonso a dish in Peruvian cuisine a drink native to southern a drowning man will clutch at a straw a dunce, an idiot

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