| A | B |
|---|
| ad hoc | "to this" for a specific purpose |
| ad infinitum | "to infinity" for a long time |
| ad nauseum | to the point of nausea |
| ars gratia artis | art for art's sake |
| bete noire | black beast- a minor personal annoyance |
| bon vivant | someone who gets great enjoyement out of life |
| cause celebre | an infamous |
| comme il faut | appropriate |
| corpus delecti | body of the crime-evidence |
| coup de grace | the death blow |
| de facto | in fact |
| deus ex machina | god from the machine (a solution created out of desperation because no plausible one exists |
| enfant terrible | and unmanageable child |
| ex cathedra | from the chair-with unquestionable authority |
| fait accompli | accomplished fact |
| faux pas | false step |
| flagrante delicto | with the crime blazing-caught red handed |
| in vino veritas | in wine, truth |
| ipso facto | by the fact itself |
| joie de vivre | joy of living |
| lingua franca | the Frankish tongue- acommon language between people who do not speak the same native language |
| mea culpa | my fault |
| prima facie | at first glance |
| quod erat demonstratum | as has been demonstrated Q.E.D. |
| raison d'etre | reason for being |
| savoir-fare | to know what to do |
| status quo | the current circumstances |
| tempus fugit | time flies |
| verboten | forbidden |
| Zeutgist | the mood of the moment |
