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. ;
  1. Ennui - Bordom
  2. Entre nous - Between ourselves
  3. Esprit de corps - Group spirit
  4. Exposé - Exposed
  5. Fait accompli - Accomplished fact
  6. Faux pas - Wrong step
  7. Femme fatale - Fatal Woman (Seductive Woman)
  8. Fiancée - Bride-to-be
  9. Fillet Mignon - Beautiful steak (cut of meat taken from the tenderloin)
  10. Film noir - Black cinema (A crime film style of the 40's to late 50's - Thank you: Jaime Ash)
  11. Finale - Final (Last act)
  12. Frisson - Shiver
  13. Froideur - Coldness
  14. Frottage - Rubbing
  15. Gamine - Lassie
  16. Gauche - Left, awkward
  17. Genre - Type
  18. Gigolo - Male prostitute
  19. Haute couture - High Sewing (High Fashion)
  20. Hors d'oeuvre - Outside of work (Appetizer)
  21. Idiot savant - Wise idiot (A person with a mental disability, yet extremely gifted in a specific way, such as memory or calculations - Thank you: Stephen)
  22. Je ne sais quoi - I do not know what
  23. Joie de vivre - Joy of live
  24. Laissez-faire - Leave it alone
  25. Élam - Fervor

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