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(Korean; 외국인) meaning foreigner or alien. Used frequently in daily life by Koreans to refer to non-Korean people who are visiting or living in Korea, particularly people who aren't East Asian. The related slang term oekuk-saran modifies correct Korean -gug to -kuk to imitate a common mispronunciation by foreigners. This may be considered ...
Sacrebleu or sacre bleu is a French expression used as a cry of surprise, irritation or displeasure. It is a minced oath form of the profane sacré Dieu (holy God), which, by some religions, is considered profane, due to one of the Ten Commandments in the Bible, which reads "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain."
Wartime Free French pilots had difficulty adjusting to British and American aircraft, because in a French machine, you had to pull the throttle back to go faster. As far as Google can tell, the first use of this phrase was by Tom and Ray Magliozzi (linked above) in 1991 (or at least, that's when it appeared in print).
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View a machine-translated version of the French article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
1647, French, L'Alcoran de Mahomet from Arabic by Andre du Ryer, the third from the original Arabic directly into a European language, the first two being to Latin (12th century, 13th century). 1649, English, Alcoran of Mahomet from the French by Alexander Ross. 1657, Dutch, Mahomets Alkoran translated from the French by Jan Hendriksz Glazemaker.
Prior to her tour, a French music label released Warwick’s This Empty Place record featuring a white woman on the cover. So when she first appeared in concert at the Paris Olympia Hall, many ...
Bal-musette is a style of French instrumental music and dance that first became popular in Paris in the 1880s. Although it began with bagpipes as the main instrument, this instrument was eventually replaced by the accordion , on which a variety of waltzes, polkas, and other dance styles were played.