Caution! The site can't guarantee, that text has age permission. The site is not recommended, if you are less than 18 years old.
The site shows example sentences for English words. How the word or phrase could be used in a sentence?
" ... French government estimates show such a burdensome tax on the wealthy would annually raise about 300 million to 500 million euros ($390 million to $650 million). Quite a small sum. So, it's more a symbolic decision than a fiscal matter to tax Jacques and his friends at that sky-high rate. Even the top of that range, 500 million euros, is small potatoes. Er, petites pommes de terre. For perspective, consider the other part of Hollande's fiscal strategy: He wants to make debt only 3% of gross domestic product by 2013, and to do it, he'll need to shave 30 billion euros ($39 billion) from the budget. ... "