"au pair for" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a person who works as an au pair, which is an individual who lives with a host family in a foreign country to provide childcare and household assistance in exchange for room, board, and a small stipend. Here is an example of how it could be used in a sentence: "Maria moved to France to work as an au pair for a family in Paris. She spends her days looking after their children and helping with household chores."
But fear not: she'd previously been an au pair for Jens Christiansen, a Danish politician.
Using an au pair for child care is a good deal, especially in high-cost areas such as Washington.
The narrator, who is from Antigua, has been an au pair for Mariah's children now for the last three months.
The New Yorker, June 26 , 1989P. 32 The narrator, who is from Antigua, has been an au pair for Mariah's children now for the last three months.
Plus, for good measure, Claire has a brother who pronounces that he is infatuated with his children's Polish au pair, for whom he is leaving his wife.
It has been six months since the nineteen-year-old narrator has been employed as an au pair for Mariah & Lewis' four daughters.
AFTER 30 years on the avenue, the institute, which places American students in European colleges and universities and provides European au pairs for American families, has moved to larger and cheaper quarters in Stamford.
But she is happily supporting herself with Au Pairs for Pets, a service that provides care for dogs, cats, rabbits, birds and even the occasional turtle, when owners are out of town or too busy to do that midday dog walk or administer Fluffy's medications.
But Ms. Wünsch, who came to the United States just four months ago, loved the musical "Dance of the Vampires" when she saw it in Germany, and so she had come into Manhattan from New Jersey with two girlfriends, who were also German au pairs, for its closing performance on Saturday.
Whether I was au pairing for a family, playing semi-pro basketball, teaching private English classes, or working at a hostel, the fact that I could walk into a country and find work when almost half of the people in my same age bracket who are natives couldn't, is indeed a privilege.
