FOREIGN EXPRESSIONS II

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel

 

The expressions below, borrowed from other languages, have been incorporated into everyday English vocabulary. What do they mean?

1. Coup d'etat

2. Coup de grace

3. Cul de sac

4. De facto

5. Deja vu

6. De rigueur

7. Detente

8. Esprit de corps

9. Fait accompli

10. Faux pas

11. Femme fatale

12. Garcon

13. Gauche

14. Hors d'oeuvres

15. Mal de mer

 

Answers:

 

1. Overthrow of a government

2. Final blow

3. Dead end

4. Existing without legal sanction

5. Feeling of having already experienced the present situation

6. Required by fashion, custom, or etiquette

7. Condition of eased tension between nations

8. Spirit of the group, morale

9. Done deed

10. Social blunder

11. Alluring woman who seduces men into trouble

12. Male waiter

13. Socially awkward, unsophisticated,

14. Appetizers

15. Seasickness