Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Se défouler Let off steam to release or get rid of excess energy French energy stress
Saucer To mop up the sauce from your plate with a piece of bread French action food
Gourmand One who is excessively fond of eating and drinking. French food attribute
Nostalgie de la boue A yearning for degradation, depravity, or other crude/base aspects of life, literally "a yearning for mud" French feeling
Dépaysement The feeling of being in an environment that you are not used to French feeling awareness change
Débrouille May be synonymous with resourceful, but it is more of a way of living by making do with little and improvising with what you have French creative
Avoir la molle A listless unwillingness to do any work French adverse
Dépayser Disorientation; not necessarily unpleasant (e.g., a pleasant sense of strangeness from being in a foreign country). French change feeling
Mitonner Cooking with passion French food love beauty
Spleen Melancholy without apparent cause French feeling
L'esprit de l'escalier Thinking of the perfect reply after the conversation is over. French friends interaction
Bon vivant Someone who enjoys and appreciates the good life. French positive happiness
Rire dans sa barbe To laugh in your beard quietly while thinking about something that has happened French funny reflection action
Épater les bourgeois To shock the middle classes French society surprise extreme
Flâner verb. to purposely wander, to decide to explore with no final destination. French explore travel
La douleur exquise The pain that comes from wanting someone you can’t have French feeling awareness love
Adroit Lit. according to right; skilled, resourceful; dexterous. French attribute
Beau geste A gesture noble in its nature or intention but ultimately meaningless in substance French action
Retrouvailles Lit. 'rediscovery'; a reunion (e.g., with loved ones after a long time apart). French friends family
En plein air Outdoors; in the open air. French nature physical
Crapoter verb. To not take a lungful of a cigarette. French health action society
Être dépaysé To be in an environment you're not used to French change society awareness
Décidément When coincidences occur or when events repeat themselves by chance (for example, when you run into the same person many times in one week) French surprise interaction fate
Jouissance "an excess of life", often translated as joy but also can be understood as catharsis French attribute
Débrouillardise Quality of someone who is resourceful and lives with the ability to creatively improvise; someone who can make do and solve problems without much French creative




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