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ma chère

American  
[ma sher] / ma ˈʃɛr /
French.
  1. (referring to a woman or girl) my dear.


Example Sentences

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Ma chère mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you today to a reopened Disney World, here in la belle Florida!

From Washington Post

Sample dialogue for white actors: “Ah, ma chère, we shall make a fine life here indeed.”

From New York Times

Page 5: Don’t take it ill, ma chere.”

From Project Gutenberg

She Don’t take it ill, ma chère.”

From Project Gutenberg

Marseilles, sep: ye 1: 1733. j'ai honte � regarder la datte de votre derniere lettre, � laquelle je vai faire reponse: vous me dites ma Chere, que vous etes fort aise que vos lettres me fassent plaisir, d'autant71 plus que vous croiez en avoir obligation plutot � ma prevention pour vous, qu'� votre merite.

From Project Gutenberg