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  2. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    against the blow. This word describes the repercussion of a physical or mental shock, or an indirect consequence of an event. Contre-jour contre-jour against daylight. This word (mostly used in art namely photography, cinema or painting) describes the light that illumines an object from the other side of your own point of view. contretemps

  3. The Beautiful Person - Wikipedia

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    The Beautiful Person (French: La Belle Personne) is a 2008 French teen comedy-drama film directed by Christophe Honoré from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gilles Taurand. [2] It is a modernised adaptation of the 1678 French novel La Princesse de Clèves .

  4. Beauty - Wikipedia

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    The characterization of a person as "beautiful", whether on an individual basis or by community consensus, is often [how often?] based on some combination of inner beauty, which includes psychological factors such as personality, intelligence, grace, politeness, charisma, integrity, congruence and elegance, and outer beauty (i.e. physical ...

  5. How people define beauty in 19 different countries - AOL

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    Ester Honig, a human interest reporter, sent out a photograph of herself to 40 different photo editors in 25 different countries and gave them a single task -- to make her look beautiful.

  6. List of English words of French origin - Wikipedia

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    It excludes combinations of words of French origin with words whose origin is a language other than French — e.g., ice cream, sunray, jellyfish, killjoy, lifeguard, and passageway— and English-made combinations of words of French origin — e.g., grapefruit (grape + fruit), layperson (lay + person), mailorder, magpie, marketplace, surrender ...

  7. Bijin-ga - Wikipedia

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    Bijin-ga (美 (び) 人 (じん) 画 (が), "beautiful person picture") is a generic term for pictures of beautiful women in Japanese art, especially in woodblock printing of the ukiyo-e genre. Definition

  8. Bella - Wikipedia

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    Bella is related to the Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese and Latin words for beautiful, and to the name Belle, meaning beautiful in French. [1] [2] It increased in usage following the publication of the Twilight books by Stephenie Meyer. [3] It is also known for being a nickname to Isabella, Annabella or Arabella.

  9. Beautiful - Wikipedia

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    Beautiful, an adjective used to describe things as possessing beauty, may refer to: Film and theater. Beautiful, an American film directed by Sally Field; ...