All 3 Uses of
tête-à-tête
in
War and Peace
- The countess wished to have a tete-a-tete talk with the friend of her childhood, Princess Anna Mikhaylovna, whom she had not seen properly since she returned from Petersburg.†
Chpt 1
- Despite the uneasy glances thrown at her by Princess Mary——who wished to have a tete-a-tete with Natasha——Mademoiselle Bourienne remained in the room and persistently talked about Moscow amusements and theaters.†
Chpt 8
- "Though it was tete-a-tete," Anatole continued, "still I can't..."†
Chpt 8 *
Definition:
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(tête-à-tête as in: involved in a tête-à-tête) a private conversation between two people