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  • Then I have "technically" read, say, Paper Towns, in the sense that I can reasonably be sued for copyright violation when I write a screenplay about a guy whose objet d'amour goes missing and how he tracks her down.

    Giving Up Roger Sutton 2009

  • Eric Morin for The Wall Street Journal L'Hotel: A pavilion d'amour since the early 19th century, the 20-room inn is way more elegant now than when Oscar Wilde said of it, "This wallpaper will be the death of me; one of us will have to go."

    Food, Beauty and Romance in Paris 2011

  • Perfect ending to l'histoire de deux chiens rendevouz d'amour a Marseilles.

    Comme Si de Rien N'Etait - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Suzanne's folie d'amour slowly changes to a folly of another sort, while her love for the hard-working Ivan comes up against chilling issues of class.

    A Grownup Look at Lennon as a 'Boy' Joe Morgenstern 2010

  • J'espère que, cette année, apporte beaucoup d'amour, de bonheur et de paix pour vous, votre famille et vos amis.

    livre d'or - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Then I have "technically" read, say, Paper Towns, in the sense that I can reasonably be sued for copyright violation when I write a screenplay about a guy whose objet d'amour goes missing and how he tracks her down.

    Giving Up Roger Sutton 2009

  • She can't force a resolution to her crises d'amour with her boyfriend, who is torn between marriage and becoming a Buddhist monk.

    Sharon Glassman: Interview with the Author: "Broken" by Lisa Jones 2009

  • Perfect ending to l'histoire de deux chiens rendevouz d'amour a Marseilles.

    Comme Si de Rien N'Etait - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • It is this quality that makes Les chansons d'amour a good film - if not necessarily a good musical.

    GreenCine Daily: Cannes. Les Chansons d'amour. 2007

  • DIANE ROBERTS: The French used to call them pommes d'amour: apples of love.

    You Say Tomato, I Say 'Love Apple' 2009

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