foreign words Flashcards

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savoir faire

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The ability to act in a particular way in public

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recherche

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

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pro rata

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As a consequence of something

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4
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piece de resistance

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The best part of something

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5
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outre

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Unusual and shocking

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6
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nouveu riche

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Somebody has recently become rich,

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Non-compos mentis

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Somebody was not in the right mind, not thinking clearly

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non sequiter

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Does not follow in a logical way

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9
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noblesse oblige

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Rank has its obligations

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10
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Nom de plume

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pen name

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11
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nom de guerre

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pseudonym

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12
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modus vivendi

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

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13
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metier

A

Profession

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14
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manque

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Failed artist

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15
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Mandarin

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Powerful high-ranking official

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16
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Lingua Franca

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Dominant language

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leitmotif

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theme

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18
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Lacuna

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Something that is missing

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19
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joie de vivre

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Joy of life

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20
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infra dig

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Something beneath your dignity

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21
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In extremis

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At the verge of death

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22
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hors de combat

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Unable to take part in an activity because you are injured

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23
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frisson

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feeling of excitement

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24
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fair accompli

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Something that can no longer be changed

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fascimile
Verbatim
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esperit decorps
Loyalty and pride among a group
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en bloc
Everyone together
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de trop
Not wanted
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de riguer
Something required by social custom
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au fait
Familiar
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amour propre
Self dignity
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Anis mirabilis
Wonderful year
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a priori
only theory no practical
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au courant
up to date
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a posteriori
basedon observation
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beau monde
fashionable society
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bon vivant
lives life lavishly
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carte blanche
freedom to do whatever
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casus belli
justification for war
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cause celebre
controversial case
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comme il faut
fitting
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cri de coeur
heartfelt appeak
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de rigueur
demanded by society
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dolce vita
good life
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flagrante delicito
red handed
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glastnost
open discussion
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hoi polloi
common folk
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mot juste
the exact appropriate word
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nom de guerre
psudonym
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nom de plume
pen name
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nota bene
take note, notice
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sans souci
carefree
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shadenfreude
Pleasure at someone else’s misery
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sui generis
unique
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terra incognita
unknown land
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tout le monde
all those important
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verboten
forbidden
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vox populi
voice of the ppl
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wanderjahr
travelling after studues
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in delicito
At fault
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per curiam
opinion of the court
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assentio mentium
Consensual meeting of minds
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cetrus paribus
all other things being equal
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ex cathedra
by official authority
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ex dolo malo actio non oritur
A right of action cannot arise out of a fraud
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ex facie
on the face of it
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ex nudo pacto actio non oritur
There can be no contract without consideration
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ex parte
with teh absense of one party
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in limine
at the threshold
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in persona
against the person
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malo animo
evil intent,
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non compus mentis
crazy not of sound mind
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nullus commodum capere potest ex sua injuria propria
No one can derive an advantage from his own wrong
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panache
flamboynce
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pendente lite nihil innovetur
During litigation nothing should be changed
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pro tanto
To that extent
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publici juris
of public right
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res nullis
Nobody’s property
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se defendendo
Self defence
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vox populi vox dei
voice of ppl is voice of god
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Advocatus diabolic'
means 'Devil's advocate'
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brouhaha
furor uproar
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carte blanche
allowing full freedom
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coup de main
a blow of hand
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faute de mieux
for the lack of better
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fin de siecle
end of the 19th century
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haut monde
high society
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manque
failed artist whatever
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roman e clef
novel with a key
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savoir vivre
to know how to live life
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tour de force
turn of strength, a feat of skill
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cul de sac
dead end
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idee fixe
obsession
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metier
work, trade occupation
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parti pris
preconconcieved notion
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soupcon
suggestion
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incommunicado
without means of communication