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  2. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    sexually suggestive; in French, the meaning of risqué is "risky", with no sexual connotation. Francophones use instead osé (lit. "daring") or sometimes dévergondé (very formal language). Osé, unlike dévergondé, cannot be used for people themselves, only for things (such as pictures) or attitudes. rouge (lit. "red")

  3. List of gestures - Wikipedia

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    Gestures are culture-specific and may convey very different meanings in different social or cultural settings. [2] Hand gestures used in the context of musical conducting are Chironomy, [3] while when used in the context of public speaking are Chironomia. Although some gestures, such as the ubiquitous act of pointing, differ little from one ...

  4. Salute - Wikipedia

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    A captain of the French Navy salutes by holding the flat of his saber to his face during the ceremonies of the 14th of July in Toulon. When carrying a sword, still done on ceremonial occasions, European military forces and their cultural descendants use a two-step gesture. The sword is first raised, in the right hand, to the level of and close ...

  5. Incroyables and merveilleuses - Wikipedia

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    picture from Les Français sous la Révolution by Augustin Challamel & Wilhelm Ténint. The Incroyables (French: [ɛ̃kʁwajabl], "incredibles") and their female counterparts, the Merveilleuses (French: [mɛʁvɛjøz], "marvelous women"), were members of a fashionable aristocratic subculture in Paris during the French Directory (1795–1799).

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  7. File:French.pdf - Wikipedia

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  8. Eyelid pull - Wikipedia

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    Image of man making the "eyelid pull" hand gesture, published by Di Jorio in 1832 in Naples, Italy. The eyelid pull is a gesture in which the finger is used to pull one lower eyelid further down, exposing more of the eyeball. This gesture has different meanings in different cultures, but in many cultures, particularly in the Mediterranean ...

  9. Beau Geste - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "beau geste" (pronounced [bo ʒɛst]) is from the French, meaning "a gracious (or fine) gesture". [1] However, several references in the novel allude to the fact that the name can be taken to mean 'joke', or 'humorous remark' which suggest that it is pronounced like English 'jest'.