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单词 chandelle
例句 chandelle
I will go now and then to stay at people's houses, but not to their parties—le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z
Clever men soon learn that it's not worth their while to play a part; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle. The Children of the World
A noble cause for such an act of unconscious cerebration you will say, a freshly washed pavement: Le jeu ne faut pas la chandelle. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life
He seemed to have expended his stock of French; for "Snuff the chandelle" is not pure Parisian. Black Forest Village Stories
They did a lazy circle of the room, swung into an echelon and performed a slow chandelle, before dropping into Bobby's hand. What Rough Beast?
The matter being taken thus, everyone would rather have long ago said, "Le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle," and have gone out. Introduction to the Science of Sociology
The planes were attached to the body proper by rigid flanges, reinforced by wires running from tip to tip of the planes, passing directly over the body, and not elevated on bracing chandelles. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland
Negresses, also, were trying to sell belles chandelles, which were dirty candles made from green myrtle wax, the chief light then sold in the city. The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi
However, the jeu d'esprit is well worth the chandelle. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, July 4, 1891
He might be any thing he chose, but he is too indolent for exertion, and seems to think le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle. The Idler in France
It may be vastly pleasant in theory to live at other people's expense, but it has its drawbacks, and in this instance le jeu ne valait pas la chandelle. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe
He was right from his point of view, for he had none of the jeu and all of the chandelle. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters
It would cost, beyond doubt, all the money he had, but—le jeu vaut la chandelle—for some hours he would be once more a Charles of Charleroi. Roads of Destiny
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