devoir
Example Sentences
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"If you leave an administration, you owe some silence," the general said, referring to the French concept of "devoir de réserve," or "duty of silence."
From Salon
In the interview, Mattis invoked the French concept of devoir de réserve.
From The Guardian
Acquired privately for £50,000, the devoir was unknown until December last year when the Brontë Society was told of its discovery in a private library.
From The Guardian
Yea, for mine," Polly answered; "or else for M. de la Motte's, who came in to pay his devoirs to her, for the first time, I take it, since her lord's death.
From Project Gutenberg
"Now, Papa," said the Girl, "just go right along and do your devoirs in there—and I'll stay and talk to him—" The father went obediently.
From Project Gutenberg
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