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The first continued in its adopted language in its original obsolete form centuries after it had changed its form in national French: bon viveur – the second word is not used in French as such, [ 1 ] while in English it often takes the place of a fashionable man, a sophisticate, a man used to elegant ways, a man-about-town, in fact a bon ...
a close relationship or connection; an affair. The French meaning is broader; liaison also means "bond"' such as in une liaison chimique (a chemical bond) lingerie a type of female underwear. littérateur an intellectual (can be pejorative in French, meaning someone who writes a lot but does not have a particular skill). [36] louche
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Script name ISO 15924 Year created Creator Primary languages Notes Abbreviated Longhand [1] 1908: Angus Weaver: English: Short forms based around longhand writing. Abbreviatrix: 1945: William Paul Mishkin: Aimé Paris Shorthand [2] 1820: Aimé Paris: French: Alpha Hand [3] AgiliWriting [4] Bezenšek Shorthand [5] 1923: Anton Bezenšek ...
In Europe the French say (se) branler: crier: to obtain In Europe, to cry. See also pogner: déguidine! stop procrastinating, get on with it, hurry up Note that the second "d" is pronounced "dz". See also déniaise!, envoye!, enweye!, awaye! écœurant: wonderful (used ironically)