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à la short for (ellipsis of) à la manière de; in the manner of/in the style of [1]à la carte lit. "on the card, i.e. menu". In restaurants it refers to ordering individual dishes from the menu rather than a fixed-price meal.
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Perhaps this list, which by the way is lots of fun to read through, should be rooted in a deep understanding of the long-running relationship between the French and English languages, driven by cultural, political, economic, military, academic, religious, and other forces among the French, English and Americans.
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quelques jours - some days; quelques jours après - a few days later; querelle - quarrel; que ce soit - whether; questionemment - questioning; questionnaire - questionaire; questionner - to question; queue de poêle - panhandle/frying pan tail; qui - who; qui allait - who was going to; qui disait - who said; qui incarnent - who embody
Generally, words coming from French often retain a higher register than words of Old English origin, and they are considered by some to be more posh, elaborate, sophisticated, or pretentious. However, there are exceptions: weep , groom and stone (from Old English) occupy a slightly higher register than cry , brush and rock (from French).