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   tête-à-tête

   /teɪtɑːˈteɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a private conversation between two people: "it so happened that their tête-à-tête was in earshot"
   • 2. an S-shaped sofa on which two people can sit face to face.

   adjective

   • 1. involving or happening between two people in private: "a tête-à-tête meal"

   adverb

   • 1. between two people in private: "his business was conducted tête-à-tête"

   Word Origin late 17th century: French, literally ‘head-to-head’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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