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Showing posts with label R. Show all posts
remords — REMORSE
[REUH-mohr] (n. m.) We've gone at length on the history of morsel (see entry) and we know that the word is derived from the Latin mordus (in French simply mord) which means to bite. See, it's a poetic thought here that pressed remorse into usage. It's the feeling you get when something comes back to bit you, in little nibbles eating at your tranquility.
regarder — TO LOOK AT
[r(e)-gahr-DE] (v.) The Knights of the Round Table talked at length about conquests, grails and pizzas. At times, some shiny knight might have to go back to a topic. One might say, "in regards to what Lancelot said..." What he's saying is let us turn our attention to or let us look at this subject. And that's what the French verb regarder means: to look at.
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