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In French, it means "beginning." The English meaning of the word exists only when in the plural form: [faire] ses débuts [sur scène] (to make one's débuts on the stage). The English meaning and usage also extends to sports to denote a player who is making their first appearance for a team or at an event. décolletage a low-cut neckline ...
When a relative clause is to serve as an adverb, it takes the same form as when it is to serve as an inanimate noun, except that ce is omitted before a preposition: « Ils sont allés dîner, après quoi ils sont rentrés » ("They went out to eat, after which they went home"); « Ils ne se sont pas du tout parlé, ce qui me semblait étrange ...
Cryptic crosswords often use abbreviations to clue individual letters or short fragments of the overall solution. These include: Any conventional abbreviations found in a standard dictionary, such as:
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
English toé: toi (from classic French pronunciation of toi) you (singular, oblique) moé: moi (from classic French pronunciation of moi) me pis, pis quoi et puis, puis quoi and, So what moé j'vo [ʒvɔ] or j'va : moi je vais au/a la I will, I am going Çé c'est It is Lé Les The (plural) Ço [sɔ] Ça That Po [pɔ] Pas Not Lo [ʟɔ] Là There
Rol-Tanguy later stated: "il n’a jamais exigé quoi que ce soit des FTP-MOI et qu’il n’ a jamais démis ou nommé quiconque leur appartenant" ("he never demanded anything from FTP-MOI and he never dismissed or appointed anyone belonging to them"). [19]
Honi soit qui mal y pense (UK: / ˌ ɒ n i ˌ s w ɑː k iː ˌ m æ l i ˈ p ɒ̃ s /, US: /-ˌ m ɑː l-/, French: [ɔni swa ki mal i pɑ̃s]) is a maxim in the Anglo-Norman language, a dialect of Old Norman French spoken by the medieval ruling class in England, meaning "shamed be whoever thinks ill of it", usually translated as "shame on ...
A number of Quebecisms used in the standard register are also derived from English forms, especially as calques, such as prendre une marche (from "take a walk," in France, se promener, also used in Quebec) and banc de neige (from English "snowbank;" in France, congère, a form unknown in Quebec.) However, in standard and formal registers, there ...