All 4 Uses of
tête-à-tête
in
The Mill on the Floss
- But their tete-a-tete was curtailed by the appearance of Mrs. Deane with little Lucy; and Mrs. Tulliver had to look on with a silent pang while Lucy's blond curls were adjusted.†
Chpt 1.7
- It was altogether so embarrassing to be seated tete-a-tete with uncle Pullet, that Tom could not even look at the prints on the walls, or the flycages, or the wonderful flower-pots; he saw nothing but his uncle's gaiters.†
Chpt 1.9
- The only alleviating circumstance in a tete-a-tete with uncle Pullet was that he kept a variety of lozenges and peppermint-drops about his person, and when at a loss for conversation, he filled up the void by proposing a mutual solace of this kind.†
Chpt 1.9
- There will be no possibility of a tete-a-tete with you any more, unless you can find an admirer for her, who will pair off with her occasionally.†
Chpt 6.1 *
Definition:
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(tête-à-tête as in: involved in a tête-à-tête) a private conversation between two people