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Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own: teta-te - English

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Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:

teta-te

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tete-a-tete- Private conversation between two 

They two had a useful tete-a-tete yesterday.

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Chapter 6.1: The Accidental Tourist - Vocabulary [Page 172]

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Chapter 6.1 The Accidental Tourist
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