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Vocabulary Lab #3
Useful terms that Anglophones have taken from other languages.
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English
10th Grade
02/14/2013
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vis-à-vis (prep.)
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In relation to, or compared to
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ad hoc (adj.)
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for a particular purpose
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savoir faire (n.)
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ability and knowledge
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status quo (n.)
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things as they are
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joie de vivre (n.)
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joyful living
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de rigeur (adj.)
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obligatory
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junta (n.)
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a revolutionary government
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tête-à-tête (adj.)
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a face to face conversation
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aficionado (n.)
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a fan
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au courant (adj.)
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up to date
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raison d'être (n.)
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reason to be
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outré (adj.)
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outrageous
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sine qua non (n,adj)
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essential, cannot go without it
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faux pas (n.)
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social blunder
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al fresco (adj.)
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in the open air
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