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French
Pronunciation
Adverb
à la fois
- at a time, at the same time, at once; both
- Synonym: en même temps
- deux à la fois ― two at a time
1846, Alexandre Dumas, La Dame de Monsoreaufr.Wikisource, Part 1, Chapter 12: "Comment Bussy retrouva à la fois le portrait et l'original." :[L]e jeune homme entendit une voix de femme empreinte à la fois de crainte et de dédain[...]- he young man heard a voice of a woman imprinted both with fear and with disdain
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