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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Sortable adj. Someone you can take out without fear of being embarrassed, usually used to refer to friends or family members. e.g. "Elle n'est pas sortable." French friends interaction society
Crapoter verb. To not take a lungful of a cigarette. French health action society
Recherché Rare, exotic, unusual; not understood or appreciated by many people. French beauty attribute
Avoir la molle A listless unwillingness to do any work French adverse
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
Bon vivant Someone who enjoys and appreciates the good life. French positive happiness
La douleur exquise The pain that comes from wanting someone you can’t have French feeling awareness love
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
Se défouler Let off steam to release or get rid of excess energy French energy stress
Retrouvailles Lit. 'rediscovery'; a reunion (e.g., with loved ones after a long time apart). French friends family
Sous-entendu Don't listen to what you heard. Listen for the message embedded. French awareness reflection
Arlésienne Used to describe people who are at the centre of a conversation/situation/problem but can’t be found anywhere French society interaction
Beau geste A gesture noble in its nature or intention but ultimately meaningless in substance French action
Seigneur-terrasse Someone who spends time, but not money, at a café French funny life
Être dépaysé To be in an environment you're not used to French change society awareness
Rire dans sa barbe To laugh in your beard quietly while thinking about something that has happened French funny reflection action
Dépaysement The feeling of being in an environment that you are not used to French feeling awareness change
L'appel du vide Describes the instinctive urge to jump from high places French habits physical
Mitonner Cooking with passion French food love beauty
Flâner verb. to purposely wander, to decide to explore with no final destination. French explore travel
Nostalgie de la boue A yearning for degradation, depravity, or other crude/base aspects of life, literally "a yearning for mud" French feeling
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
Chantepleurer Singng and crying simultaneously French action
S’encoubler To describe a fall, but specifically one where you fell due to being tangled in something French physical event adverse
Adroit Lit. according to right; skilled, resourceful; dexterous. French attribute




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