Lesson 23- Foreign Terms 1 Flashcards
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Bête noire
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Someone or something that is feared or disliked
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Avant-garde
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(Adj) leaders of a movement
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Bon mot
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A bright saying
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Coup de grâce
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The finishing stroke
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Cul-de-sac
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A passage or street with only 1 outlet
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Deus ex machina
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Someone who intervenes unexpectedly to solve a dilemma
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Fait accompli
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Something that is already done so there is no use in debating it
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Fin de siècle
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Decadent
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Gauche
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Awkward
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Junta
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A political group that seeks to control 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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The right word
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Non compos mentis
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Insane
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Non sequitur
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A remark that seems out of place
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Sine qua non
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An essential condition
