• argent (n.) - silver, money
  • avoir le mal de quelqu'un - intensely missing someone so much it literally makes you sick
  • à la mode (n.) - fashionable in style, design, etc.
  • c'est la vie - that's life, such is life. usually used in disappointment.
  • dépaysement (adj.) - the sensation of being in another country.
  • empêchement an unexpected last-minute change of plans. a great excuse without having to be specific.
  • étoile (n.) - star
  • la douleur exquise (n.) - the exquisite pain of wanting the affection of someone you know you can never have.
  • l’appel du vide (n.) - the call of the void, mostly used to describe the instinctive urge to jump from high places.
  • la douleur exquise (n.) - the exquisite pain of wanting the affection of someone you know you can never have
  • l'esprit de l'escalier (n.) - the feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you think of all the things you should have said
  • noceur (n.) - one who sleeps late or not at all; or, one who stays out late to revel or party
  • retrouvailles (n.) - the happiness of meeting or finding someone again after a long separation
  • yaourter (v.) - attempting to speak or sing in a foreign language that one doesn't know very well - often involves throwing in nonsense sounds or words when one needs to fill in the blank
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