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Example sentences for: petit
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The same author is noteworthy for his Petit Dictionnaire de Style (1911) which offers German speakers an open sesame to authentic French.
The château is open Tuesday–Sunday 9am–6:30pm (winter 5:30pm); the Grand and Petit Trianon Tuesday–Sunday 10am–6:30pm (Tuesday–Friday 10am–12:30pm and 2–5:30pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am–5:30pm in winter); the gardens Tuesday–Sunday 7am to sunset.
Let me examine five dictionaries with names in them: Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (1983) [W9] 1983; Random House Webster's College Dictionary (1991) [ RHWCD ]; The American Heritage Dictionary, 3rd edition (1992) [ AHD 3]; Collins English Dictionary, 3rd edition (1991) [ CED 3]; and, for good measure, an ancient Nouveau Petit Larousse Illustré (1958) [ PL ].
Stroll through the gardens, have lunch beside the Grand Canal (a packed lunch allows you to avoid Versailles’ tourist traps), and take tea in the grounds of the Petit Trianon.
The Second Republic ended four years later when the man whom Victor Hugo called “Napoléon le Petit” staged a coup to become Emperor Napoleon III.