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à la short for (ellipsis of) à la manière de; in the manner of/in the style of [1]à la carte lit. "on the card, i.e. menu". In restaurants it refers to ordering individual dishes from the menu rather than a fixed-price meal.
Also excluded are words that come from French but were introduced into English via another language, e.g. commodore, domineer, filibuster, ketone, loggia, lotto, mariachi, monsignor, oboe, paella, panzer, picayune, ranch, vendue, and veneer. English words of French origin should be distinguished from French words and expressions in English.
The story has also been adapted into film many times. [42] The earliest is probably the 1909 French silent film Tristan et Yseult. [43] Another French film of the same name was released two years later and offered a unique addition to the story: Tristan's jealous slave Rosen tricks the lovers into drinking the love potion, then denounces them ...
Same – DO (ditto) Sappers – RE (the Royal Engineers equivalent of "private") Satisfactory – S; Say – EG (e.g., short for the Latin exempli gratia) Seaman – AB (able seaman) Second – S or MO (moment) Secret service – SS; Secretary – PA (personal assistant) Section – OR (Other Ranks – a 'section' of the British Armed Forces ...
Robbie Williams is feeling the love!. On Sunday, Jan. 12, the musician, 50, officiated a couple's wedding ceremony during a New York City screening of his biopic Better Man.. Per footage shared on ...
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
Kris Jenner is switching it up!. On Saturday, Nov. 30, the momager, 69, shared a carousel of photos that featured her Thanksgiving celebrations, as well as her new hairdo.
Love Story is a 1970 American romantic drama film written by Erich Segal, who was also the author of the best-selling 1970 eponymous novel. It was produced by Howard G. Minsky , [ 4 ] and directed by Arthur Hiller , starring Ali MacGraw , Ryan O'Neal , John Marley , Ray Milland and Tommy Lee Jones in his film debut.