Foreign Words

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Foreign Words
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RSVP

• REPLY, IF IT PLEASES YOU.

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DEJA VU

• ALREADY SEEN

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FAUX PAS

• SOCIAL BLUNDER (EMBARRASSING ACTION OR MISTAKE)

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DU JOUR

• MOST RECENT CURRENT

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BON VOYAGE

• FAREWELL GOOD WISHES

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ALMA MATER

• SCHOOL, COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY ONE HAS ATTENDED
  SOMETIMES A SONG TO REPRESENT THAT SCHOOL

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CUM LAUDE

• WITH HONOR LIKE A COLLEGE GRADUATION

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FEMME FATALE

• ALLURING OR MYSTERIOUS WOMAN

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ESPRIT DE CORPS

• COMMON SPIRIT OF COMRADESHIP, ENTHUSIASM, AND
  DEVOTION AMONG GROUP MEMBERS

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VERBATIM

• IN EXACTLY THE SAME WORDS

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E PLURIBUS UNUM

• MANY UNITING INTO ONE

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PRIMA DONNA

• TEMPERAMENTAL, CONCEITED PERSON OR SOMETIMES A
  LEADING SOLOIST IN AN OPERA (USUALLY FEMALE)

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AVANTE-GARDE

• A GROUP ACTIVE IN INVENTION AND APPLICATION OF
  NEW TECHNIQUES IN A GIVEN FIELD USUALLY ART

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STATUS
QUO

• EXISTING CONDITION

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JOIE DE VIVRE

• HEARTY OR CAREFREE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE

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CARTE BLANCHE

• UNRESTRICTED POWER TO ACT AT ONES OWN
  DISCRETION UNCONDITIONAL AUTHORITY

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CAVEAT EMPTOR

• LET THE BUYER BEWARE

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ALPHA AND OMEGA

• BEGINNING AND END

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TABULA RASA

• CLEAN SLATE

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HOI POLLOI

• THE COMMON PEOPLE THE MASSES

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AD NAUSEAM

• TO THE POINT OF NAUSEA

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CARPE DIEM

• SEIZE THE DAY LIVE FOR THE MOMENT

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TEMPUS FUGIT

• TIME FLIES

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CEST LA VIE

• THATS LIFE

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BONA FIDE

• GENUINE SINCERE

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SAVOIR FAIRE

• SAY OR DO THE RIGHT THING TACT

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NON SEQUITIR

• A STATEMENT THAT DOES NOT FOLLOW LOGICALLY

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ID EST

• IN OTHER WORDS

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ENFANT TERRIBLE

• UNCONVENTIONAL WORK, THOUGHT, OR BEHAVIOR THAT
  EMBARRASSES OR DISTURBS OTHERS

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TERRA FIRMA

• SOLID GROUND

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VOX POPULI

• POPULAR OPINION OR SENTIMENT