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Fun with “Foreign Phrases”

Fun with “Foreign Phrases” . Déjà vu: the illusion of experiencing something before (n) Faux pas: a slip in manners or conduct; a social blunder (n) Bon voyage: an expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or adventure (n) E pluribus unum : “out of one, many” US motto (n)

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Fun with “Foreign Phrases”

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  1. Fun with “Foreign Phrases”

  2. Déjà vu: the illusion of experiencing something before (n) • Faux pas: a slip in manners or conduct; a social blunder (n) • Bon voyage: an expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or adventure (n) • E pluribus unum: “out of one, many” US motto (n) • Status quo: the existing condition or state of affairs (n) • Carte blanche: complete freedom; no restrictions (n)

  3. Caveat emptor: “let the buyer beware”; buy art at your own risk (n) • Hoi polloi: the common people; the masses (n) • Prima donna: chief female operatic singer; self-important, difficult person (n) • Alma mater: the school your graduated from (n) • Femme fatale: dangerous woman (n) • Espirit de corps: a feeling of pride, fellowship, and common loyalty shared by the members of a particular group; team spirit (n)

  4. Du jour: “of the day”; something trendy or a temporary item on a menu (adj) • Tabula rasa: empty slate (adj/n) • Cum laude: with honor (adj/adv) • RSVP: please respond (vb) • Alpha and omega: the first and the last; beginning and end (n) • Verbatim: word for word; exactly as written or spoken (adj)

  5. Avant grande: cutting edge; new; experimental; innovative- especially in the arts (n) • Ad nauseam: to the extreme degree (adv) • Carpe diem: seize the day (vb) • Tempus fugit: “time flees” or translated time flies • C est la vie: “that’s life” (n) • Bona fide: made in good faith without fraud or deceit (n)

  6. Savoir faire: capacity for appropriate action; especially: a polished sureness in social behavior • Non sequitur: a statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously said • Id est: that is • Enfant terrible:a usually young and successful person who is strikingly unorthodox, innovative, or avant-garde • Terra firma: dry land; solid ground • Voxpopuli: popular sentiment

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