foreign words

Question 1

savoir faire

Answer 1

The ability to act in a particular way in public

Question 2

recherche

Answer 2

Something that is so obscure an unusual that cannot be understood easily

Question 3

pro rata

Answer 3

As a consequence of something

Question 4

piece de resistance

Answer 4

The best part of something

Question 5

outre

Answer 5

Unusual and shocking

Question 6

nouveu riche

Answer 6

Somebody has recently become rich,

Question 7

Non-compos mentis

Answer 7

Somebody was not in the right mind, not thinking clearly

Question 8

non sequiter

Answer 8

Does not follow in a logical way

Question 9

noblesse oblige

Answer 9

Rank has its obligations

Question 10

Nom de plume

Answer 10

pen name

Question 11

nom de guerre

Answer 11

pseudonym

Question 12

modus vivendi

Answer 12

It is a practical arrangement by which people were quarrelling can continue to work or live together

Question 13

metier

Answer 13

Profession

Question 14

manque

Answer 14

Failed artist

Question 15

Mandarin

Answer 15

Powerful high-ranking official

Question 16

Lingua Franca

Answer 16

Dominant language

Question 17

leitmotif

Answer 17

theme

Question 18

Lacuna

Answer 18

Something that is missing

Question 19

joie de vivre

Answer 19

Joy of life

Question 20

infra dig

Answer 20

Something beneath your dignity

Question 21

In extremis

Answer 21

At the verge of death

Question 22

hors de combat

Answer 22

Unable to take part in an activity because you are injured

Question 23

frisson

Answer 23

feeling of excitement

Question 24

fair accompli

Answer 24

Something that can no longer be changed

Question 25

fascimile

Answer 25

Verbatim

Question 26

esperit decorps

Answer 26

Loyalty and pride among a group

Question 27

en bloc

Answer 27

Everyone together

Question 28

de trop

Answer 28

Not wanted

Question 29

de riguer

Answer 29

Something required by social custom

Question 30

au fait

Answer 30

Familiar

Question 31

amour propre

Answer 31

Self dignity

Question 32

Anis mirabilis

Answer 32

Wonderful year

Question 33

a priori

Answer 33

only theory no practical

Question 34

au courant

Answer 34

up to date

Question 35

a posteriori

Answer 35

basedon observation

Question 36

beau monde

Answer 36

fashionable society

Question 37

bon vivant

Answer 37

lives life lavishly

Question 38

carte blanche

Answer 38

freedom to do whatever

Question 39

casus belli

Answer 39

justification for war

Question 40

cause celebre

Answer 40

controversial case

Question 41

comme il faut

Answer 41

fitting

Question 42

cri de coeur

Answer 42

heartfelt appeak

Question 43

de rigueur

Answer 43

demanded by society

Question 44

dolce vita

Answer 44

good life

Question 45

flagrante delicito

Answer 45

red handed

Question 46

glastnost

Answer 46

open discussion

Question 47

hoi polloi

Answer 47

common folk

Question 48

mot juste

Answer 48

the exact appropriate word

Question 49

nom de guerre

Answer 49

psudonym

Question 50

nom de plume

Answer 50

pen name

Question 51

nota bene

Answer 51

take note, notice

Question 52

sans souci

Answer 52

carefree

Question 53

shadenfreude

Answer 53

Pleasure at someone else’s misery

Question 54

sui generis

Answer 54

unique

Question 55

terra incognita

Answer 55

unknown land

Question 56

tout le monde

Answer 56

all those important

Question 57

verboten

Answer 57

forbidden

Question 58

vox populi

Answer 58

voice of the ppl

Question 59

wanderjahr

Answer 59

travelling after studues

Question 60

in delicito

Answer 60

At fault

Question 61

per curiam

Answer 61

opinion of the court

Question 62

assentio mentium

Answer 62

Consensual meeting of minds

Question 63

cetrus paribus

Answer 63

all other things being equal

Question 64

ex cathedra

Answer 64

by official authority

Question 65

ex dolo malo actio non oritur

Answer 65

A right of action cannot arise out of a fraud

Question 66

ex facie

Answer 66

on the face of it

Question 67

ex nudo pacto actio non oritur

Answer 67

There can be no contract without consideration

Question 68

ex parte

Answer 68

with teh absense of one party

Question 69

in limine

Answer 69

at the threshold

Question 70

in persona

Answer 70

against the person

Question 71

malo animo

Answer 71

evil intent,

Question 72

non compus mentis

Answer 72

crazy not of sound mind

Question 73

nullus commodum capere potest ex sua injuria propria

Answer 73

No one can derive an advantage from his own wrong

Question 74

panache

Answer 74

flamboynce

Question 75

pendente lite nihil innovetur

Answer 75

During litigation nothing should be changed

Question 76

pro tanto

Answer 76

To that extent

Question 77

publici juris

Answer 77

of public right

Question 78

res nullis

Answer 78

Nobody’s property

Question 79

se defendendo

Answer 79

Self defence

Question 80

vox populi vox dei

Answer 80

voice of ppl is voice of god

Question 81

Advocatus diabolic’

Answer 81

means ‘Devil’s advocate’

Question 82

brouhaha

Answer 82

furor uproar

Question 83

carte blanche

Answer 83

allowing full freedom

Question 84

coup de main

Answer 84

a blow of hand

Question 85

faute de mieux

Answer 85

for the lack of better

Question 86

fin de siecle

Answer 86

end of the 19th century

Question 87

haut monde

Answer 87

high society

Question 88

manque

Answer 88

failed artist whatever

Question 89

roman e clef

Answer 89

novel with a key

Question 90

savoir vivre

Answer 90

to know how to live life

Question 91

tour de force

Answer 91

turn of strength, a feat of skill

Question 92

cul de sac

Answer 92

dead end

Question 93

idee fixe

Answer 93

obsession

Question 94

metier

Answer 94

work, trade occupation

Question 95

parti pris

Answer 95

preconconcieved notion

Question 96

soupcon

Answer 96

suggestion

Question 97

incommunicado

Answer 97

without means of communication