| A | B |
|---|
| carte blanche | unlimited authority; complete freedom to act as one wishes |
| chic | elegant or fashionable; stylish |
| connoisseur | person competent to act as a judge in the arts or in matters of taste |
| coup de grace | a merciful finishing blow |
| croissant | a buttery, crescent shaped roll |
| cuisine | style and preparation of cooking |
| cul-de-sac | dead-end street |
| cum laude / summa cum laude | with the highest praise |
| de facto | actual; common in practice but not established by law |
| deja vu | the sense of having experience the present situation before |
| de rigueur | obligatory |
| Don Juan | a nobleman famous for his seduction of women |
| double entendre | literally: double meaning; an expression open to 2 interpretations, one of which is usually indecent |
| elite | group treated or considered socially superior |
| en masse | all together |
| esprit de corps | group spirit; devotion to a group |
| exempli gratia | for example, usually written as e.g. |
| ex officio | by right of position or office |
| faux pas | flase step; a mistake; an embarrassing blunder or indescretion |
| haute couture | literally "high fasshion"; the designing and making of clothes by leading fashion houses |
