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lit. "good appetite"; "enjoy your meal". bon mot (pl. bons mots) well-chosen word(s), particularly a witty remark ("each bon mot which falls from his lips is analysed and filed away for posterity", The European Magazine, August 29 – September 4, 1996) bon vivant one who enjoys the good life, an epicurean. bon voyage
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 vivant ...
Wednesday is sometimes informally referred to as "hump day" in North America, a reference to the fact that Wednesday is the middle day—or "hump"—of a typical work week. [5] [6] Lillördag, or "little Saturday", is a Nordic tradition of turning Wednesday evening into a small weekend-like celebration. [7] Humpday is also a name of a 2009 film.
3. Labor Day or May Day May 1. May Day, celebrated on May 1st in France, is known as Labor Day or La Fete du Travail.It holds historical significance and is a public holiday dedicated to workers ...
A birthday party usually includes gifts for the person whose birthday it is. In Israel, part of the birthday celebration for a child in kindergarten is to lift the decorated chair that the child sits on into the air several times, once for each year of the child's age, plus "one for the next year". [1] [2]
France most commonly records the date using the day-month-year order with an oblique stroke or slash (”/”) as the separator with numerical values, for example, 31/12/1992. The 24-hour clock is used to express time, using the lowercase letter "h" as the separator in between hours and minutes, for example, 14 h 05.
A single people's day celebrated with jajangmyeon, the black noodle dish which gave the day its name. November 11 Pepero Day: Begun in 1994, this is an observance in South Korea similar to Valentine's Day, but held on November 11. The original purpose of the day was to exchange peperos with each other in hopes of becoming taller and thinner ...
The Mexican holiday celebrates the day a small Mexican army defeated a much larger French Army in the Battle of Puebla. But over the years, it's also become a big holiday in the United States.