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    Foreign words/use
    Message from grenouille182 posted on 16-03-2012 at 18:09:07 (D | E | F)
    Hello.

    I´m not sure about the use of these foreign words, so if you can look at it, I will be happy
    Thank you.


    1. The General who overthrew the President became the ´´de facto´´ ruler of the country.

    2. What is the average ´´per capita´´ income in your country?


    3. It says in the invitation that wives are allowed to bring their husbands and ´´vice versa´´.So
    I shall certainly take Anne with me.

    4. If you ask me, most of this ´´avant-garde´´ music is rubbish. Give me Beethoven or Mozart any day!

    5. You made a terrible ´´faux pas´´ when you asked how his wife was. Didn´t you know that she´d recently run off with his best friend?

    6. They decided to set up an ´´ad hoc´´ committee to deal with the urgent problem that had come up.

    7. He was thrown out of the country two years ago and has been ´´persona non grata´´ since then.


    8. Generally speaking, students are against preserving the ´´status quo´´ in a country. They usually want change and reform.

    9. She gained a lot of ´´kudos´´ after her third successful novel.

    10. He came to power in a violent and bloody ´´coup d´état´´

    11. As President she will be a /n/ ´´ex officio´´.member of several important committees.

    12. The car park is for ´´bona fide´´ .customers only. No one else is allowed to use it.

    13. As there seems to be a ´´prima facie´´case against him, they decided to press for a trial immediately.

    14. When Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher met for the first time, there was an instant ´´rapport´´ between them.

    15. Don´t mention golf when Charles is around, otherwise he´ll go on ´´ad infinitum´´ about it.

    16. It is hard to believe in the present´´détente´´ that the two countries were at war with one another less than two years ago.

    17. The Prime Minister handled the hostile questioning of the journalists with great ´´aplomb´´
    18. Your argument is a ´´non.sequitur´´ and totally irrelevant!

    19. I´d like to see you tomorrow, John,´´vis-à-vis´´ the proposed new changes.

    20. It was a very nice house ´´per sé´´ But it wasn´t quite the sort of the place we were looking for.

    21. The case involved discussing matter which were top secret, so it was held ´´in camera´´

    22. No one told me what to do. I was given ´´carte blanche´´ to organise things as I saw fit.

    23. Applicants must send in a full ´´CV´´ no later than Friday,March 24th.

    24. We usually eat ´´alfresco´´ in the summer.

    25. He gave me a l0 per cent discount as a ´´quid pro quo´´ for having helped him mend his car.

    26. He was believed to have been ´´non compos mentis´´ when he attempted to commit suicide.

    27. Visiting Russia so often made him very ´´blasé ´´about eating caviar.

    28. Our school offers a wide range of ´´extra-curricular´´ activities, including karate and folk-dancing.

    29. I had a very interesting ´´ tête-à-tête ´´with the new manager last week.

    30. The ´´post mortem´´ examination showed that she had died of a heart attack.

    If there are some mistakes, there is the list of foreign words I could choose from to do this exercise : ad hoc, ad infinitum, alfresco, aplomb, avant garde, blasé, bona fide, de facto, carte blanche, coup d´ état, curriculum vitae, détente, ex officio, extra-curricular, faux pas, in camera, kudos, non compos mentis, non sequitur, per capita, per se, post mortem, persona non grata, prima facie, quid pro quo, rapport, status quo, vice versa, vis-á-vis, tête- á- tête

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    Edited by lucile83 on 16-03-2012 21:46



    Re: Foreign words/use from bluestar, posted on 16-03-2012 at 18:32:04 (D | E)
    Hello,
    I can't find any mistakes here - well done!

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    Modifié par lucile83 le 16-03-2012 21:49



    Re: Foreign words/use from grenouille182, posted on 16-03-2012 at 18:42:53 (D | E)
    Thank you !



    Re: Foreign words/use from jonquille, posted on 17-03-2012 at 19:40:38 (D | E)
    Excellent! It is always amazing to see how many foreign words become part of everyday vocabulary (in any language!).



    Re: Foreign words/use from hyanice, posted on 17-03-2012 at 23:34:46 (D | E)
    there's no mistake. well done!




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