Foreign Words & Phrases English I. Ad nauseam Add NOZZ-ee-um (Latin) to an extreme or annoying...
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Foreign Words & PhrasesEnglish I
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Ad nauseam
• Add NOZZ-ee-um• (Latin) to an extreme or
annoying extent
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Alma mater• ALL-muh MA-turr• (Latin) - the school, college,
or university that somebody formerly attended; a song
used as the anthem of a school, college, or university
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Alpha & omega• AL-fuh and o-MEG-uh• (Greek) - the beginning
and the end; the most important part
• Often used as a Biblical allusion
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Avant-garde• A-vonnt guard• (French) - artistically new,
or a person with new ideas and methods for doing
something
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Bon voyage• Bon voy-AHJ• (French) - used to wish
somebody an enjoyable and safe trip
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Carte blanche• Cart blahnsh• (French) - free license to
do what one wishes; freedom of action
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Caveat emptor• CAVV-ee-ott EMP-tore• (Latin) - “Buyer Beware;” a
warning to a purchaser that he or she can have no recourse to the law if due care is
not exercised in making a purchase
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Cum laude• Koom LOUD-ee / Koom LAW-
dee
• (Latin) - with academic honors or distinction; also magna cum laude (great honors), summa cum
laude (highest honors)
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Déjà vu • Day-zha voo• (French) - a feeling of having
experienced something before, although in fact it is the first time that it has been experienced; anything that is overly
familiar or unoriginal
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Du jour • Due Zhoor• (French) - offered or
served today; being the latest in a series, sequence, or
trend
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E pluribus unum • E ploor-i-biss oo-numb• (Latin) - one out of many
(used as the motto of the United States)
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Esprit de corps • Ess-pree day core• (French) - a feeling of
pride in belonging to a group and a sense of identification
with it; team spirit
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Faux pas • Foe PAW• (French) - an
embarrassing mistake that breaks a social convention
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Femme fatale • Fimm fa-tall• (French) - a woman who
is considered to be highly attractive and to have a destructive effect on
those who succumb to her charms
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Hoi polloi • Hoy poll-oy• (Greek) - ordinary people,
as opposed to the wealthy, well-educated, and cultivated elite; the common herd;
the masses
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Joie de vivre • Zhwah day vee-vrah• (French) - exuberance;
energy and love of life; general enthusiasm for
living
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Prima donna• Pree-muh Donna• (Italian) - lead female
opera singer, or someone who is difficult to deal with;
• someone who is vain, over-sensitive, or
temperamental
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RSVP• Are Ess Vee Pee• (French) - used on an
invitation to request a response to it; “reply, if
you please”
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Status quo • Statt-us kwo• (Latin) - the way things
are right now; the existing state of affairs
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Tabula rasa• Tab-you-la rah-suh• (Latin) - an opportunity to
make a clean break or a fresh start; a blank mind
or anything in a pristine state
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Verbatim• Vurr-BAY-tum• (Latin) - word for word
with something else; in the exact words