Word: savoir
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...French, a hero must have not only courage but also savoir-faire. A 45-year-old mine foreman named André Martinet last week showed plenty of both...
Aznavour can also deliver the mild stomping songs "Il faut savoir" and "Formidable," which brought cheers from the partisans of his recordings. But the real Aznavour sings of a middle-aged entertainer waiting to go on stage; reviewing his unfulfilled dreams of glory and without looking down, he knots his necktie perfectly on the first try. In that moment Aznavour captures the great sadnesses and small joys of life...
...Italy and Spain, as well as to most other European countries, present something of a hotel problem, in that police regulations usually re quire the desk clerk to collect the passport of each guest. This may be handled by taking separate rooms or by relying on the continental savoir faire of the clerk, who checks the man's passport only and waves the lady through...
Life in secluded Cambridge may once again assume that aura of knowledge-ability and savoir-faire of last December. The New York papers are back, filled with the tasty newsbits that add spice to life...
...knowledge savoir-vivre cannot be learned; you either have it or you don't. Also, I did not realize that love affairs are considered unmannerly activities. To the contrary, love-making is the very beginning of savoir-vivre...