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“Already I feel like some old bewigged émigré of the ancien regime reminiscing in exile about the glories of Versailles when the Pompadour reigned, and how I once knew someone who spoke to someone else who held the gloves of the Sun King.”
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Orwellian Purism
Words and phrases George Orwell criticizes in his essay 'Politics and the English Language'.
ring the changes on, take up the cudge..., toe the line, ride roughshod over, stand shoulder to..., play into the han..., no axe to grind, grist to the mill, fishing in troubl..., on the order of t..., Achilles’ heel, swan song and 162 more...
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learning
A list of words whose meanings I am learning, either because a) I don't know the meaning b) I know the meaning, but could stand to better appreciate certain inflections or secondary meanings or c) ...
louche, educe, loam, cob, sclerotic, palliate, axial, syndicalist, ecumenical, sally, fatuous, parvenu and 1381 more...
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Anglo through the looking-sphere.
Some non-English mots that are rather bon to drop into essays and other written things.
lay down misère, eminence grise, esprit d'escalier, veni vidi vici, aqua regia, raison d'être, carpe diem, doppelgänger, weltschmerz, jiko kanri, fait accompli, yum cha and 33 more...
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