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  2. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    1. A natural craving or desire 2. An attraction or affinity; From French word "Appétence", derived from "Appétit" (Appetite). après moi, le déluge lit. "After me, the deluge", a remark attributed to Louis XV of France in reference to the impending end of a functioning French monarchy and predicting the French Revolution.

  3. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    The word nikoli, when stressed on the second syllable, means "never", when stressed on the first it is the locative case of Nikola, i.e. Nicholas; Spanish – cuando las vacas vuelen ("when cows fly") or cuando los chanchos vuelen ("when pigs fly"). Its most common use is in response to an affirmative statement, for example "I saw Mrs. Smith ...

  4. List of military unit mottoes by country - Wikipedia

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    3 e Régiment d'infanterie de marine (3rd Marine Infantry Regiment): Debout les morts (French for "The dead, get up") 12 e Régiment de cuirassiers (12th Cuirassier Regiment): In periculo ludunt (Latin for "amidst danger, they play") 2 e Régiment de dragons (2nd Dragoon Regiment): Da materiam splendescam (Latin for "give me a chance to shine")

  5. List of English words of French origin - Wikipedia

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    Note that the word in French has retained the general meaning: e.g. château in French means "castle" and chef means "chief". In fact, loanwords from French generally have a more restricted or specialised meaning than in the original language, e.g. legume (in Fr. légume means "vegetable"), gateau (in Fr. gâteau means "cake").

  6. Say Uncle - Wikipedia

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    may be used as an imperative command to demand submission of one's opponent, such as during an informal wrestling match or tickling. Similarly, the exclamation "Uncle!" is an indication of submission—analogous to "I give up!"—or it may be a cry for mercy, in such a game or match. [1]

  7. Never Give Up - Wikipedia

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    Never Give Up, a 2019 2D platform game; Never Give Up!, a 1999 Japanese comic for girls by Hiromu Mutou Never Give Up: My Stroke, My Recovery, and My Return to the NFL, a 2007 book by Tedy Bruschi

  8. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language , the words begin , start , commence , and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous .

  9. Let them eat cake - Wikipedia

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    "Let them eat cake" is the traditional translation of the French phrase "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche ", [1] said to have been spoken in the 18th century by "a great princess" upon being told that the peasants had no bread. The French phrase mentions brioche, a bread enriched with butter and eggs, considered a luxury food. The quote is taken to ...