When Mamdani got in, my landlord started doing things he was supposed to be doing for years because he knew Mamdani was with the tenants, not the landlords. For example, monthly extermination hadn't happened in the 7 years I've been in my building until literally this year.
In 1541, John Calvin, a Swiss Protestant Reformer banned all jewelry as frivolous & sinful displays of vanity. This left Swiss jewelers, goldsmith’s & craftsmen jobless, so they all shifted their skills to making watches, which were exempted from the ban because they were considered time-keeping devices , & not jewelry. And that is how the Swiss became the best watchmakers in the world
RSVP is French for “Répondez s'il vous plaît” which means “respond, please” and literally means “Respond, if it pleases you”. English uses lot of French phrases verbatim. Some of them are :
1. Faux pas (false step)
2. Quelle surprise (what a surprise)
3. À la carte (by the menu card)
4. Bon appétit (good appetite)
5. Résumé (summary)
6. Fait accompli (thing done / done deal)
7. En route (on the way)
8. déjà vu (I have already seen)
9. Au contraire (on the contrary)
10. Enfant terrible (disruptive child)
11. Touché (valid)
12. Voila (there it is)
13. C'est la vie (that is life)
14. Coup d'état (strikeout of the state)
15. Raison d'être (reason to be)
16. Tour de force (feat of strength)
17. Vis-a-vis (face to face)
18. M’aidez (help me) - distress mayday signal
19. Double entendre (double meaning)
20. laissez-faire (allow to do)