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Avant-garde

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leaders of a movement

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Bon mot

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Noun: A clever remark

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Bête noire

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Noun: someone or something that is feared or disliked

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coup de grâce

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Noun: blow of mercy ex: putting a dog down with incurable cancer

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Cul-de-sac

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Noun: a passage or street with only one outlet

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Dues ex machina

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Noun:someone who intervenes unexpectedly to solve a dilemma

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Fait accompli

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Noun: something that is already done so that there is no use in debating it

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Fin de siècle

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referring to the last years of the nineteenth century

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Gauche

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Adj: Awkward - saying the wrong thing at the wrong time

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Junta

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Noun: A political group that seeks control over a government

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Laissez- faire

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Hands-off policy

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Mot juste

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Noun: the right word; exact phrase

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Non compos mentis

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Noun: insane

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non sequitur

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Remark that is out of place or random

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Sine qua non

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something you have to have/ essential