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How does one use the adjectival noun “l'enfant terrible”?
I have seen this phrase bandied about from time to time, usually in more "academic" works; my problem is that I remember it rarely being applied to children, as a direct translation might imply ...
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Does the casual use of “a la ___” in English preserve the French meaning?
In English, we us a la carte and a la mode, but it is also common for people to add their own word to the basic construction.
For example, one might comment on someone's dancing:
He showed us ...
