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Meanings of
secretaire
in English
Portuguese
secretária
Catalan
escriptori
Spanish
escritorio
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A desk used for writing.
secretary
escritoire
writing table
Portuguese
secretária
Usage of
secretaire
in English
1
He replaced the papers which had been deranged, and he closed the
secretaire
.
2
She walked to her little
secretaire
,
opened it and pulled out a drawer.
3
She had closed and locked the
secretaire
and she handed the man the key.
4
In the dining-room is a
secretaire
given to Louis XVI.
5
I replied, I know nothing about it, except that it was in your
secretaire
.
6
Mrs. Cowperwood, who was before her
secretaire
in her new boudoir, lifted her eyebrows.
7
The Queen left a few papers in her
secretaire
.
8
The
secretaire
was locked, as was the writing bureau.
9
He limped to a
secretaire
,
and opened a drawer.
10
The soup stood on the
secretaire
for about fifteen minutes before Boursier started to eat it.
11
Take this key and open the top drawer of that
secretaire
,
and give me that bundle.
12
John had sunk into a seat before a
secretaire
,
and shielded his eyes from the sun.
13
Having made the soup, she conveyed it in its terrine to a small
secretaire
in the dining-room.
14
Among the furniture lots is a Georgian partners desk, a Georgian economy table and a
secretaire
bookcase.
15
Adam Davis was present and secured the
secretaire
of buhl which the elder Cowperwood prized so highly.
16
She fluttered round the
secretaire
all day.
Other examples for "secretaire"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
secretaire
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
mahogany secretaire
close the secretaire
french secretaire
hole secretaire
little secretaire
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Translations for
secretaire
Portuguese
secretária
escrivaninha
Catalan
escriptori
Spanish
escritorio
Secretaire
through the time