Monday, June 26, 2017


84 French words used in English


 A La Carte

A Propos

Amateur

Ambiance

Au Contraire

Avant Guarde

Boquet

Boulevard

Bourgeois

Buffet

Camaraderie

Camouflage

Chauffeur

Cliché

Clientele

Collage

Connoisseur

Creche

Croutons

Cul de sac

Debonair

Debri

Déjà vu

Deluge

Dossier

Elite

En route

Enclave

Encore

Entourage

Entree

Entrepreneur

Espirit de Corps

Faux pas

Fiancé

Galore

Gauche

Genie

genre

Gourmet

Grandeur

Hors d'oeuvres

 

Laissez faire

Largesse

Liaison

Limousine

Maneuver

Mardi Gras

Massage

Matinée

Melee

Memoirs

Menu

Milleu

Mirage

Montage

Naïveté

Nonchalant

Nuance

Panache

Par excellence

Petit

Pirouette

Plateau

Premiere

Protégé

Rapprochement

Reconnaissance

Regimem

Renaissance

Rendezvous

Repartee

Repertoire

Resume

Retinue

Ricochet

Sabotage

Saboteur

soirée

Touche

Toupee

Valet

Vignette

Voila

Thursday, June 8, 2017

INTERESTING WORDS

BUGABOO--something that causes fear or worry.

HULLABALOO--a clamorous noise or disturbance; uproar.

HUBBUB--a loud, confused noise, as of many voices

BRUHAHA-- excited public interest, discussion, or the like, as the clamor attending some sensational event; hullabaloo.

NINCOMPOOP -- a fool or simpleton.

MAYHEM --  random or deliberate violence or damage; a state of rowdy disorder.

PANDEMONIUM--wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.

SHENANIGANS -- a mischievous or deceitful trick, practice, etc.

RIGAMAROLE -- a lengthy and complicated procedure.

HIATUS --  a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.

GOOD RIDDANCE -- said to express relief at being free of a troublesome or unwanted person or thing.

RAZZMATAZ -- razzle-dazzle--showiness, brilliance, or virtuosity in technique or effect, often without concomitant substance or worth; flashy theatricality:


DILLYDALLY -- to waste time, especially by Indecision; vacillate; trifle; loiter.