Dien Bien Phu in British English
(ˌdjɛn bjɛn ˈfuː)
noun
a village in NW Vietnam: French military post during the Indochina War; scene of a major defeat of French forces by the Vietminh (1954)
Dien Bien Phu in American English
(ˌdjɛnˌ bjɛnˈ fu)
village in NW Vietnam: besieged & captured by Vietminh forces (1954), marking the end of French occupation of Indochina
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Word lists withDien Bien Phu
battle- there's no excuse for such behaviour
- there's no future in this idea
- there's no harm (in) trying
- there's no hurry
- there's no mistaking
- (there's) no need
- there's no need for us to finish this
- there's no need/no need
- there's no need to shout
- there's no other solution
- there's no point (in doing that)
- there's no question of a compromise/them agreeing
- there's no question of doing sth
- there's no reply
- there's no sign of her changing her mind
- there's no smoke without fire where there's smoke there's fire
- there's no such thing as a free lunch
- there's-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch
- there's no telling
- theres-no-telling
- there's nothing at all to see
- there's nothing better/worse (than ... )
- there's nothing for it
- theres-nothing-for-it
- there's nothing like