French English Dictionary

secrétaire in English:

1. amanuensis

English word "secrétaire"(amanuensis) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Mr. Punch At Home" (Various)
Fiches du livre - "Elsie at Home" (Martha Finley)
Fiches du livre - "Some Noble Sisters" (Edmund Lee)
Fiches du livre - "Work for Women" (George J. Manson)
Fiches du livre - "Literary Byways" (William Andrews)

2. escritoire

English word "secrétaire"(escritoire) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "A Man of Mark" (Anthony Hope)
Fiches du livre - "The Purple Fern" (Fergus Hume)
Fiches du livre - "A Case in Camera" (Oliver Onions)
Fiches du livre - "God and The King" (Marjorie Bowen)
Fiches du livre - "The White Moll" (Frank L. Packard)

3. secretary

The secretary opened the mail which had been delivered that morning.

His secretary greeted me.

Officially it is his responsibility, but in fact his secretary does all the work.

Please ask the secretary to stock the office supplies in the storage room.

The secretary asked that I hold the line until Mr Williams was free to take my call.

You are a really good secretary. If you didn't take care of everything, I couldn't do anything. You are just great.

Jane Cobb, his present secretary, is the only person in the office who can stand him.

The boss told his secretary to come up with a good idea by the end of the week.

The secretary is currently directing the ambassador up to the boss's office.

Appointing Cuddles the Bear to the position of Secretary of Defense was one of the defining mistakes of Dolly's brief career as president of the People's Democratic Republic of Tea Time.

Do you know, girl, that you're the first secretary I've ever had who stood up to me?

I found out about a back-door registration technique from his secretary.

The Secretary General is making a last-ditch effort to negotiate a peace treaty between the two warring factions.

The problem is Mr. Bark, the man whose secretary is away.

It was very considerate of Mr Yamada to send his secretary a bouquet of flowers on her birthday.

English word "secrétaire"(secretary) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Uneasy Money" (P. G. Wodehouse)
Fiches du livre - "Elizabethan Sea Dogs" (William ...
Fiches du livre - "The Alternative" (George Barr M...
Fiches du livre - "An American Diplomat in China" ...
Fiches du livre - "St. Gregory and the Gregorian M...

related words

jouer in English

other words beginning with "S"

sculpture in English
sec in English
secouer in English
seize in English
sel in English
selon in English