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French loan-words

Vis-a-vis (vis-à-vis) – face to face

Address (adresse) - the number of the house, name of the road and town where a person lives or works and where letters can be sent

Deja vu (déjà-vu) -the strange feeling that in some way you have experienced already what is happening now

Champagne (champagne) -an expensive white or pink fizzy wine made in the Champagne area of Eastern France, or, more generally, any similar wine. Champagne is often drunk to celebrate something

Make-up (maquillage) -coloured substances used on your face to improve or change your appearance

Italian loan-words

A capella (a capella) -sung by a group of people without any musical instruments

Fountain (fontana) -a stream of water that is forced up into the air through a small hole, especially for decorative effect, or the structure in a lake or pool from which this flows

Pizza (pizza) -a large circle of flat bread baked with cheese, tomatoes, and sometimes meat and vegetables spread on top

Tomato (pomodoro) -a round red sharp-tasting fruit with a lot of seeds which is eaten cooked or raw as a savoury food

sword (spada) -a weapon with a long sharp metal blade and a handle, used especially in the past

Turkish loan-words

Kebab (kebap) -a dish consisting of small pieces of meat and vegetables that have been put on a long thin stick or metal rod and cooked together

Yoghurt (yoğurt) -a slightly sour, thick liquid made from milk with bacteria added to it, sometimes sweetened and with a fruit flavour added and sometimes eaten plain

Greek loan-words

Mathematics (Μαθηματικά) -the study of numbers, shapes and space using reason and usually a special system of symbols and rules for organizing them

Atom (Άτομο) -the smallest unit of any chemical element, consisting of a positive nucleus surrounded by negative electrons. Atoms can combine to form a molecule

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