Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
eh-bien, tant pis
English translation:
oh well, too bad /never mind
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Mar 9, 2008 18:40
16 yrs ago
French term
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eh-bien, tant pis
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
phrase from book
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oh well, too bad /never mind
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tant pis - Wiktionary
tant pis. too bad, never mind. Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tant_pis" ... This page was last modified 04:52, 8 September 2007. ...
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what a shame
List of French phrases - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. Top of page — See also — External links ... tant pis. too bad, what a shame. tête-à-tête " ...
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tant pis - Wiktionary
tant pis. too bad, never mind. Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tant_pis" ... This page was last modified 04:52, 8 September 2007. ...
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tant_pis
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Note added at 3 mins (2008-03-09 18:44:24 GMT)
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what a shame
List of French phrases - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. Top of page — See also — External links ... tant pis. too bad, what a shame. tête-à-tête " ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_phrases
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen
South Africa
South Africa
Native in English
Specializes in field
South Africa
Willing & Ready to be of service to YOU!
Native in: English 
, Dutch
Works in: Dutch to English, Afrikaans to English, French to English, and 3 more.
ah well, toughies / ah well, too bad!
that's it!
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Irene McClure
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Gad Kohenov
Israel
Israel
Native in French
Works in field
Israel
30 years of experience+satisfied clients
Native in: French , Hebrew
Works in: English to Hebrew, Hebrew to English, French to Hebrew, and 8 more.
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Well, so much for that
Encore une option. More than one good answer to this question.
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Valerie Scaletta
Italy
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Italy
language is my key
Native in: English (Variant: UK) , Italian (Variant: Standard-Italy)
Works in: Italian to English, French to English, English to Italian, and 3 more.
oh well, hard cheese!
oh well, hard cheese!
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Nina Iordache
Romania
Romania
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Romania
Eng-Rom, Rom-Eng
Native in: Romanian (Variant: Romania) 
Works in: English to Romanian, French to English, French to Romanian, and 1 more.
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oh well, so be it!
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