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è

/ ɪˈɛə /

noun

  1. a call in solo whist and other card games declaring a hand that will win no tricks
  2. a hand that will win no tricks
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of è1

C19: from French: misery
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Example Sentences

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Mes pensées vont aux nombreux disparus et blessés, victimes de passeurs criminels qui exploitent leur détresse et leur è.

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On “Calvaire,” Chicha sings, “T’es ma è, c’est le monde a l’envers, t’es mon enfer, ’vec tes commentaires,” which translates to “You’re my misery, my world inverted, you’re my hell with your observations.”

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It is a universe of dilapidated stairwells, cramped apartments and barren concrete plazas, and all are in the è, as the French would say.

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After every è ouverte we have a round of nap.

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Morin: In French we say, “la misere est plus douce au soleil” — hardship is milder under the sun.

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