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Foreign phrases without English equivalencies

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May 9, 2011 at 1:56 am #2796 Reply

Phidippides
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For some reason I find this fascinating.http://swayy.net/words-that-dont-exist-in-the-english-language

May 9, 2011 at 2:08 am #24753 Reply

Aetheling
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L'esprit de l'escalier (esprit d'escalier – staircase wit) attributed to Diderot. I've learned something today.

May 9, 2011 at 10:26 am #24754 Reply

skiguy
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What about coup d'etat?

May 9, 2011 at 9:12 pm #24755 Reply

donroc
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We can speculate how the USA catch-all “cool” translates into other languages.

May 11, 2011 at 12:01 pm #24756 Reply

Omer
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kewl ?

May 16, 2011 at 1:17 pm #24757 Reply

scout1067
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Schadenfreude has no English equivalent
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