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The expression Laissez les bons temps rouler (alternatively Laissez le bon temps rouler, French pronunciation: [lɛse le bɔ̃ tɑ̃ ʁule]) is a Louisiana French phrase. The phrase is a calque of the English phrase "let the good times roll", that is, a word-for-word translation of the English phrase into Louisiana French Creole. This phrase is ...
Bon chic, bon genre (French for 'Good style, good class') is an expression used in France to refer to a subculture of stylish members of the Parisian upper class. They are typically well-educated, well-connected, and descended from "old money" families, preferably with some aristocratic ancestry. The style combines certain fashionable tastes ...
Quebec French profanity. Mailbox sign using French-Canadian profanity. The English (approximate) translation is "No fucking admail ". Tabarnak is the strongest form of that sacre, derived from tabernacle (where the Eucharist is stored, in Roman Catholicism ). Quebec French profanities, [1] known as sacres (singular: sacre; French: sacrer, "to ...
Joie de vivre ( / ˌʒwɑː də ˈviːv ( rə )/ ZHWAH də VEEV(-rə), French: [ʒwa d (ə) vivʁ] ⓘ; " joy of living ") is a French phrase often used in English to express a cheerful enjoyment of life, an exultation of spirit, and general happiness . It "can be a joy of conversation, joy of eating, joy of anything one might do….
Pierre Lemaitre. Pierre Lemaitre (born 19 April 1951) is a Prix Goncourt -winning French author and a screenwriter, internationally renowned for the crime novels featuring the fictional character Commandant Camille Verhœven . His first novel to be translated into English, Alex, [1] is a translation of the French book of the same title, [2] it ...
"Sur ma vie" (lit. "On My Life") is a song written by Armenian-French artist Charles Aznavour. In April 1956 it became Aznavour's first no. 1 hit in France. History. It was released as a single by Ducretet-Thomson in 1955. It starts with the words: "On my life I swore to love you 'til my dying day...". In 1997, Ginette Reno covered it.
Free Women of Color with their Children and Servants, oil painting by Agostino Brunias, Dominica, c. 1764–1796.. In the context of the history of slavery in the Americas, free people of color (French: gens de couleur libres; Spanish: gente de color libre) were primarily people of mixed African, European, and Native American descent who were not enslaved.
Here's how Travis Kelce responded to being asked if he'd make an "honest woman" out of Taylor Swift.