Foreign Words and Phrases Used in English: List 3

Next it was our turn to sing an a cappella version of the Beatles’ “Can’t Buy Me Love.” Los Angeles Times (Mar 23, 2015)

When you add the spaghetti or tonnarelli, she says, “test it as you cook, so it’s al dente; in Rome we don’t like pasta mushy.” New York Times (Sep 11, 2015)

In summer, it’s possible to eat alfresco at tables near rows of hedges, beneath trees in the orchard or near the farm’s flower gardens. Washington Post (Dec 7, 2017)

Using a new style of attack known as blitzkrieg, German for “lightning war,” Hitler’s planes, tanks, and soldiers slashed deep into Polish territory. Bomb

I wouldn’t be surprised if the A’s are channeling another one of Billy Beane’s Moneyball bon mots: “When your enemy’s making mistakes, don’t interrupt him.” Seattle Times (Aug 14, 2018)

Dick was a bon vivant who cultivated the friendship of Chicago’s newspapermen, giving him access to visiting celebrities, and Beatrice threw dinner parties that included famous actors and musicians. Washington Post (Dec 8, 2015)

The north of Mali fell after a coup d'etat in the capital Bamako on March 21 left government forces disorganized and lacking motivation to fight. Wall Street Journal (May 26, 2012)

“Bywater Street is a picturesque, tree-lined cul de sac famed for its colorful array of terraced houses,” the real estate company, Russell Simpson, said on its website. Fox News (Dec 13, 2019)

Once, in the long-gone “Mad Men” days, it was considered de rigueur for New Yorkers to wear a hat and gloves in town. New York Times (Jul 31, 2013)

His time there is also riddled with the motifs that a cynical author such as Max might put into a work of horror : doppelgangers, mute children, bird attacks. The Guardian (May 29, 2013)

“Every single time, there’s a different double entendre I missed, a different nuance,” she said. Washington Post (Aug 16, 2017)

Picasso spent almost half his life in exile in France after the civil war, during which time the Republic made him director in absentia of the Prado museum. The Guardian (May 19, 2010)

In other words, the market was to be left alone — ‘‘laissez faire’’ — so that it was free to operate according to its natural laws. New York Times (Aug 4, 2015)

Formally, at least, I’m placed in the position of deigning to drop some coins from my purse in an act of noblesse oblige. The Guardian (Oct 15, 2015)

He was momentarily confused by the non sequitur. Half of a Yellow Sun

There are far more Dunkin Donuts locations per capita in Massachusetts than any other state, with Slate.com estimating one location for every 6,500 people as of 2014. Fox News (Jun 5, 2020)

The book opens with Dana, a security guard with so much sang-froid that her heart rate never budges. Seattle Times (Mar 8, 2013)

January’s broadcast of Balanchine’s “Diamonds” showed her originality; there she was sui generis, and not a throwback to any bygone Russian or American ballerina. New York Times (Jul 28, 2014)

Fireworks are okay on one side of some state borders but verboten just a mile away. Washington Post

Rather, his novels attempt to reflect the Zeitgeist, how the ever-changing political, social, and cultural climate impacted or impacts the lives of ordinary or at times extraordinary people. Salon (Nov 14, 2012)