ma chère

[ ma -sher ]

/ ma ˈʃɛr /

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(referring to a woman or girl) my dear.

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“Evoke” and “invoke” both derive from the same Latin root “vocāre.”

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But, keeping Wu Tun and his t-shirts in mind, how serious is Jack Ma about putting customers first?
Alibaba’s Dark Side: Censoring Customers|Brendon Hong|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ma wrote online, “Let the users decide who wins the game, not monopoly and power.”
Alibaba’s Dark Side: Censoring Customers|Brendon Hong|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To be fair, Ma provided the only safe answer to that question, if “safe” means acceptable to the Chinese Communist Party.
Alibaba’s Dark Side: Censoring Customers|Brendon Hong|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Ma was still an English teacher in Hangzhou earning $12 a month, he gathered 17 men and women in his apartment.
Alibaba’s Dark Side: Censoring Customers|Brendon Hong|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“They call me Ma because I give them money and horses and diamonds,” Mandelbaum reportedly said.
Meet 'The Queen of Thieves' Marm Mandelbaum, New York City's First Mob Boss|J. North Conway|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"I supposed you 'adn't, as 'e ain't 'ere, with yer ma," replied the young person.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
Dieu se servit de cette sienne bonne volont, non seulement pour ma sauvet, mais autant pour celle de tout l'esquipage.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Ils y allerent, & leur fit Membertou (qui estoit cabann l) bonne chere, de chair & de poisson.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
The whole farm was just clear rocks, ma says, and that's why the walls are four five feet thick, some of 'em more.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
Ma says all the gold'll ever be dug out o' Skyrie is them rocks he put into his stone walls.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond