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- a la carte: each dish priced separately
- ad infinitum: endless
- au revoir: till we meet again
- bete noire: a bugbear, pet aversion
- blitzkrieg: intense military attack
- bon appetit: good appetite
- coup de grace: the final blow
- creme de la creme: the best of the best
- de facto: in fact
- deja vu: the sansation that something happening has happened before
- eureka: I have found it
- haute couture: high fashion
- je ne sais quoi: I don't know what
- joie de vivre: joy of living
- kamikaze: Japanese suicide pilots in World War II
- modus operandi: method of working
- prima facie: at first sight
- que sera sera: whatever will be, will be
- sayonara: good bye
- sic: bracketed insert in a text to indicate questionable word is correct.
- tour de force: feet accomplished through great skill
- vox populi: voice of the people
- Wunderkind: a highly talented child
- Zeitgeist: spirit of the times
2 comments:
Monsieur,
It is sensation, not sansation & feat, not feet. Please note this.
Error regretted, Dracula. Will change it shortly
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