Vocab 1 Flashcards by Kelli Pavelchik

Turquoise

Greenish blue precious stone

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Sentence for turquoise?

I was recurved a turquoise ring as a gift

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Café au lait

Coffee with steamed milk

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Café au lait in a sentence?

I order a café au lait from the coffee shop

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Crème brûlée

A custard with burned sugar on top

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Crème brûlée in a sentence?

They forgot the sugar on the crème brûlée

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Désignée

A person who has been designated, indicated, or specified.

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Désignée in a sentence?

I worked as her designee while she was gone from work

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Dossier

A file of detailed information on a person or subject.

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Dossier in a sentence?

I put together a dossier on bears for school

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Mardi Gras

The day before lent

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Par avion

By air mail

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Prêt à porter

Ready to wear/designer clothes on the rack

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Savant

Very smart or learned person, scholar

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Parlay

In gambling when you take money from winnings to use in the next bet.

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Sentence for Mardi Gras?

We had a big dinner during Mardi Gras before lent the next day

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Sentence for par avion?

The mug was delivered par avion

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Prêt à porter in a sentence?

The shoes were made prêt à porter and sold in store

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Savant sentence?

They called him a savant for his intelligence

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Parlay in a sentence

He parlayed his winnings from poker into his next wager.

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Mayday

Internationally recognized distress call

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Sentence for mayday

The boat called mayday when it saw a shark

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Vis à vis

In relation to, compared to, facing

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Vinaigrette

A temporary émulsion of oil and vinegar seasoned with salt and pepper

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Apéritif

An alcoholic drink or food taken before dinner as an appetizer

Vis à vis sentence?

They stood vis a vis on the train

Vinaigrette sentence

She asked for vinaigrette for her salad

Apéritif sentence

She always drank alcohol as an aperitif before dinner

Digestif sentence

The waiters handed out alcohol as a digestif after dinner

Digestif

An after party drink given to help aid with digestion

À propos

Fitting the occasion, suitable, or appropriate

Au pair

A person from a foreign country who serves as a nanny for room and board

Bric à brac

Miscellaneous objects and ornaments of little value

Cadre

A small group of people specially trained for a purpose or protection

Communique

An official statement or announcement, one made to the media

À propos in a sentence

Apropos of nothing, I finished my homework this weekend

Au pair sentence

She came from Germany to be an au pair in California

Bric à brac sentence

The shelves were cluttered with bric à brac

Cadre sentence

The cadre of police worked together to protect the city

Communique sentence

The communique by apply announced new products

Decoupage

The art or craft of decorating objects with cutouts of paper

Décolleté

Neckline

Dressage

The trainer teaches a horse to move as finely as possible

Force-majeure

A catastrophic occurrence beyond human control and can prevent a contract from being fulfilled

Grand Prix

Well known car race held in monoco.

Decoupage sentence

He used decoupage to decorate the box

Décolleté sentence

The necklace fell from her décolleté

Dressage sentence

The coach came to give the horse dressage lessons

Force-majeure sentence

The earthquake was a force majeur and flight tickets were not refunded

Grand Prix sentence

We visit monocco every year for the Grand Prix

Lame

Fabric with interwoven gold or silver threads

Macrame

Artwork made of knitted fabrics

Mousse

Styling foam or a dessert that is whipped

Palette

A range of colors or qualities. A board where a longer mixes colors.

Papier mâché

Paper soaked with water and flour and shaped into figures

Lame sentence

The clothing was made out of lame fabric

Macrame sentwnce

She used macrame to hang the plant on the wall

Mousse sentence

She used mousse in her hair for styling

Palette sentence

She bought a green paint palette for her artwork

Papier mâché sentence

I made a figure of a bear using paper mache

Nez

Perfume maker

Sommelier

A waiter who manages wine service on a hotel or restaurant

Voyeur

Peeping Tom

Giclée

Art prints made with an inkjet printer

Applique

Pieces of fabric sewn or stuck onto a larger fabrics to form a picture/pattern

Nez sentence

The perfume company hired a nez

Somnoler sentence

The sommelier offered us wine at the restaurant

Voyeur sentence

There was a voyeur outside the window

Glicee sentence

She bought a glicee of a Van Gogh painting

Applique sentence

The collage of pictures sewn on the blanket were made using applique

Adieu

Goodbye, until death

Éclair

Pastry filled with cream

Ballet

Chignon

Bun hairstyle

Devotee

A person who is greatly devoted to something

Adieu sentence

She said adieu as she knew they’d never see each other again

Éclair sentence

I bought an eclair from the bakery

Ballet sentence

The child took ballet lessons

Chignon sentence

She had her hair styled in a chignon

Devotee sentence

He was a devotee to the giants and always wore a team hat