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Do you get déjà vu?

The true French expressions used in English

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Frederic
Nov 15, 2023
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Many French words and expressions are used in English. Not just words like liberty which comes from the French liberté, but also expressions that are often pronounced with a semblance of French accent and used in very specific contexts in English.

What’s interesting is that those words and expressions are not used the same way in French.

Déjà-vu

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