Foreign Phrase Definitionfille [Fr.] daughterfils [Fr.] songarçon [Fr.] boy; waitergendarme [Fr.] policemanGesellschaft [Ger.] commercial companyGotterdämmerung [Ger.] twilight of the godsgracias [Sp.] thank yougravitas [L.] solemnityguten Tag [Ger.] good dayhabeas corpus [L.] lit.to have a bodyhasta la vista [Sp.] until next time; so longhaut monde [Fr.] high societyhomme du monde [Fr.] lit.man of the world; sophisticateid est [L.] that isin perpetuum [L.] foreverinshallah [Ar.] God willingin utero [L.] in the wombin vino veritas [L.] in wine there is truthj’accuse [Fr.] “I accuse!”—Zolajeu de mots [Fr.] play on wordsjeune fille [Fr.] young girlKamerad [Ger.] friendlaissez-faire [Fr.] let be; leave alone; hands offle chaim [Heb.] to lifele monde [Fr.] the worldl’etat, c’est moi [Fr.] “I am the state!”—attrib. to Louis XIVmano a mano [Sp.] hand in hand384 Essential Vocabulary
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