Word: gallicisms
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...economist for a U.S. think tank. She also gets $9,000 annually from an inheritance, but they show few signs of opulence. They live in a two-bedroom walkup, drive a small car and holiday with parents. Lacking the kind of expense account that allows many Frenchmen the Gallic equivalent of a three-martini lunch, they do not make a habit of eating out. Says Xavier: "I would guess that 60% of the customers in Paris restaurants are not paying from their own pockets...
Fourteen days and 13 plane trips later, they would pronounce their experiences "Çavaut le voyage"- It's worth the trip. Wearing Western string ties, tractor caps, Grand Canyon sweat shirts, Navajo necklaces and Mickey Mouse T shirts, they would flourish a Gallic gesture: thumbs...
...Canadian equipment for the Canadian side and American equipment for the American side. Otherwise, had U.S. or Canadian officials dropped in and found hardware from one country on the wrong side of the house, the Bolduc household would have been technically guilty of smuggling. Says Irene with a weary Gallic shrug: "You just don't take any chances...
...early sixties to the present day. Interweaving flashbacks from his pervious films. Truffaut presents the definitive and final portrait of Antoine in Love on the Run. Charming, irresponsible and utterly romantic, Doinel, the director's alter ego, makes love, writes, philosophizes, eats and drinks all with the same gallic enthusiasm. We know at the end that Antoine will remain forever the child who said "if I tell the truth they don't believe...
...century. Pushing the nose upward means "It's so easy I could do it with my fingers up my nose." Drawing the tips of the fingers together and placing them in the palm of the other hand means "He's so lazy hair grows on his palms." The famous Gallic shrug with palms extended says "It doesn't worry me," but if the palms are raised chest high it becomes "What do you expect me to do about...