4L’esprit d’escalier
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Do you often think about the best retort ever, but only after you left the room? The French have the best word for it: l’esprit d’escalier, which literally means “staircase wit”. Sometimes, untranslatable French words can seem philosophical…
5Flâner
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Sure, people might say that flâner can be easily translated with to wander. But flâner is much more than that: it’s a beautiful word to describe the subtle art of wandering a city with no goal or final destination. Flâner means you just want to experience and soak up the different vibes of a place.
6Voilà
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Voilà is such a versatile word! It means “there it is” and you can use it to show something, to make a point or to end a sentence when you don’t know how to wrap it up.
