Foreign Words and Phrases
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Foreign Words and Phrases
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Some French, Latin, and Greek words and terms have become part of our
vocabulary.
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respondez sil vous plait (RSVP)
Please respond
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Cum Laude (kŏŏm lou'dē,)
With honor
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Avant-garde(uh-vahnt-gahrd)
New and unusual
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Carte Blanche(kahrt blanch, blahnch)
License
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Tabula Rasa (tab-yuh-luh rah-suh)
Empty slate
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Carpe Diem(kahr-pe dee-em)
Seize the day
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Vox Populi (voks pop-yuh-lahy)
Voice of the people
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Déjà Vu (dey-zhah voo)
A feeling of having experienced something previously
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Bon Voyage (bon voi-ahzh)
Have a good trip
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Femme Fatale (fem fuh-tal)
Disastrous woman
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E Pluribus unum (e ploo-ri-boos oo-noom)
One out of many (U.S. motto)
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Caveat Emptor (kav-ee-aht emp-tawr)
Buyer beware
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Hoi Polloi (hoi puh-loi)
The ordinary people
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Tempus fugit (tem-poos foo-git)
Time flies
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Savoir Faire (sav-wahr-fair)
Savvy, courtesy
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Enfant Terrible (ahn-fahn te-ree-bluh)
Terrible child
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Faux Pas (foh pah)
A social blunder
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Alma Mater (ahl-muh mah-ter)
School one attended
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Esprit de Corps (e-spree duh kawr)
Fellowship, camaraderie
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Prima Donna (pree-muh don-uh)
1. Chief female operatic singer
2. Self-important, difficult person
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Joie de Vivre (zhwaduh vee-vruh)
Love of life
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Alpha and Omega
Beginning and end
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Ad Nauseam (ad naw-zee-uhm)
To the extreme degree
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C’est la Vie (se la vee)
That’s life
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Non Sequitur (non sek-wi-ter)
It does not follow
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Terra Firma (…fur-muh)
Earth