Vocab 2 - Foreign Phrases Flashcards
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angst
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dread and anxiety
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ad nauseam
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to a sickening degree
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au courant
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up-to-date
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bete noire
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something or someone particularly disliked
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cause celebre
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a widely known controversial case or issue
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doppelganger
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a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person
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enfant terrible
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an incorrigible child; an outrageously outspoken or bold person
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entre nous
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between ourselves; confidentially
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faux pas
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a social blunder
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hoi polloi
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the common people
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ipso facto
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by the fact itself
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mea culpa
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I am to blame
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memento mori
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a reminder that you must die
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ne plus ultra
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the most intense degree of a quality or state
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nom de plume
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pen name
