Parle
[pɑ:l]
Definition
(v. i.) To talk; to converse; to parley.
(n.) Conversation; talk; parley.
Typist: Ruth
Examples
- Monsieur a parle de vous: il m'a demande le nom de ma gouvernante, et si elle n'etait pas une petite personne, assez mince et un peu pale. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In Paris we often saw in shop windows the sign English Spoken Here, just as one sees in the windows at home the sign Ici on parle francaise. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I have dined in it--moi qui vous parle, I peopled the chamber with ghosts of the mighty dead. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I was NABBED by Moss of Cursitor Street--from whose GILT AND SPLENDID PARLER I write this--the same that had me this time two years. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Checker: Wyatt