Meaning of cafés au lait | Babel Free

Definitions

Pluriel de café au lait.

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Examples

“While going to La Madeleine, one of the most famous churches in Paris, they stopped at the Café de la Paix, seated themselves on the terrace, and ordered two cafés au lait.”

“He would like two cafés au lait and two croissants, please. ‘Black cherry jam OK?’ Sarah nodded. ‘And cherry jam.’”

“He led me to one of those little Chinese bistros around the market, pointed to a stool, sat down across from me, and ordered two cafés au lait.”

“AMANDA. No lemonade. Two cafés au lait. / PRINCE. Hot. / AMANDA. Very hot, Monsieur is cold. / PROPRIETOR. (Confused.) Two cafés au lait? Uh-huh. You know, I only said lemonade because the scrip — well, because it’s usually lemonade, and — But if you want café au lait, I can make café au lait.”

“Peter held the door for her, found her a chair, and fetched two cafés au lait, all with an ease that had elements of both fatherliness and suave date.”

“The door opened and his wife appeared with a wooden tray: two cafés au lait and a plate of pastries.”

“He hung up and I moved to the front of the coffee line. While I waited for two cafés au lait, I found Brooke’s number and called.”

“We immediately put a comfortable routine into place that started with three chocolate croissants and two cafés au lait every morning.”

“Louise ordered two cafés au lait and two mille-feuilles.”

“Add to that the fact that I was feeling light-headed from caffeine overload because I’d wound up having two cafés au lait at the pastry shop while Linda and I tried to talk things through.”

“A café called Faema was on the northwest corner. We went in and ordered two cafés au lait plus a plate of biscotti.”

“Jules ordered two cafés au lait and four croissants, which were still warm in the bag the cashier presented.”

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