You know more French than you think
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You probably know more French than you realize. These are a few
phrases which may have come out your mouth at one time or another.
;- Lousche - Louche, squint eye, shady
- Maître d'hôtel (or simply Maître d' ) - Hotel (restaurant, ...) manager (Thank you: Jaime Ash)
- Mise en scène - Stagging
- Ménage-à-trois - Arrangement of three
- Mon ami - My friend
- Mon amour - My love
- Mon chérie - My darling
- Mon dieu - My God
- Noblesse oblige - Nobility obligates
- Nom de plume - Pen name
- Nouveau riche - New rich
- Oeuvre - Work
- Panache - Plume
- Papier mâché - Mashed paper
- Par excellence - By excellence
- Passé - Past
- Petit four - Small oven
- Pièce de résistance - Piece of resistance (Dessert)
- Pied-à-terre - Foot on the ground
- Protégé - Protected person
- Prêt-a-porter - Ready to wear
- Qui ne fait rien, n'a rien - He who does, nothing has nothing (Thank you: Arthur Zawodny)
- Raconteur - Skilled storyteller
- Raison d'être - Reason for being
- Rapport - Harmonious relationship
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