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Adieu

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Goodbye

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Ad Hominem

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Arising from or appealing to the emotions

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Au Contraire

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On the contrary

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Au Revoir

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Goodbye until we meet again

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Belle

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Beautiful girl or women

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Bildungsroman

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A novel dealing with ones formative years

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Blasé

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Unimpressed or indifferent because it’s so common

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C’est la vie

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Such is life

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Cachet

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The state of being admired or respected

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Carte Blanche

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Complete freedom to act as one wishes

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Charlatan

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A person falsely claiming to have special knowledge

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Doppelgänger

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A double of a living person

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Double Entendre

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A word or phrase open to two meanings

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Élan

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Energy style and enthusiasm

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Ennui

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A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from the lack of excitement

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Ergo

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Therefore

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Fait Accompli

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Something happened before those affected have a say

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Gauche

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Lacking ease or grace

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In Medias Res

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Into the middle of a narrative

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Je Ne Sais Quoi

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A quality that cannot be described

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Joie De Vivre

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Exuberant enjoyment of life

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N.B.

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Nota bene, observe carefully

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Persona Non Grata

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An unwelcome person

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Post Hoc Ergo Prompter Hoc

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Used to indicate that a casual relationship has been assumed from a merely sequential one

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Quid Pro Quo

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A favor or advantage granted or expected in return

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Re

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In matter of

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Red Herring

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Something esp. Active that is or is intended to be misleading

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tête-à-tête

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A private convo. Between two people

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Vis-a-vis

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Counterpart, face to face

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Zeitgeist

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The defining spirit or mood of particular period of history shown by ideas or beliefs of the time

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