Webster Essential Vocabulary

Foreign Phrase Definition

terra firma [L.] solid ground

terra incognito [L.] unknown land; unknown ground

tête-à-tête [Fr.] head-to-head

toujours [Fr.] always

tour de force [Fr.] lit.feat of strength; an exceptionally

skillful production, performance, cre-

ation, etc.

tout de suite [Fr.] at once; immediately

tout le monde [Fr.] the whole world; everybody

tristesse [Fr.] melancholy; sadness

Übermensch [Ger.] superman

und so weiter (usw.) [Ger.] and so on; etcetera

veni, vidi, vici [L.] “I came; I saw; I conquered.”—Julius

Caesar

verbatim [L.] word for word

vérité [Fr.] truth; short for cinéma vérité; realism

vice versa [L.] the other way around; reversed

vive la différence [Fr.] Long live the difference! [between men

and women]

vive la reine [Fr.] Long live the queen!

vive le roi [Fr.] Long live the king!

Voila! [Fr.] There it is!

Wunderbar [Ger.] wonderful

Wunderkind [Ger.] child prodigy

Zollverein [Ger.] customs union

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