Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Affair, Au revoir, Avant garde, Bete noire, Boyfriend, Calm, Carte blanche, Controversial, Conversation, Cooking, Cootchi-cooing, Coup de grace, De rigueur, Death blow, Deja vu, Enfant terrible, Existence, Experience, Fact, Fashion, Fashionable, Father, Femme, France, Free hand, French, Gentleman, Girlfriend, Goodbye, Haute Couture, Haute Cuisine, Influential person, Isabelle, Joie de vivre, Joycreator, Laissez Faire, Life, Love interest, Love letter, Mademoiselle, Merci, Monsieur, Mother, Non interference, Obsession, Out of date, Out of fashion, Outstanding, Par excellence, Passion, Policy, Poor boy, Public issue, Raison detre, Rich, Rich girl, Risque, Roche, Romance, Rosanne, RSVP, Self esteem, Social do, Society, Stories, Tete-a-tete, Thank you, Tour de force, Unconventional, Venkatesh, Volte face, Wife, Write on August 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Being with my current girlfriend gives me a deja vu (experienced before) feeling. After all, I had a French girlfriend last year as well.
I used to write billet-doux (love letter) to her carte blanche (in free hand). Mademoiselle Rosanne was after all soi-disant (self-styled). She was also an avant-garde (ahead of the times). I was [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Definition, French, German, Happiness, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Joy, Joycreator, Language, Oxford, Spanish, Success, Tamil, Venkatesh on July 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JOY
Oxford:
n. 1) feeling of great pleasure and happiness
2) informal success or satisfaction
Hindi – Anand
Tamil – Santhosham
French – Joie
Japanese – Yorokobi
German – Freude
Italian – Gioia
Spanish – Alegria
What is ‘JOY‘ in your language?
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