Some foreign words and phrases

• Ab initio: from the beginning.
• Ad hoc: for the particular end or purpose at hand.
• Au revoir: till we meet again.
• Bon appetit: good appetite.
• Bona fide: with good faith.
• Corrigenda: things to be corrected.
• Crème de la crème: the best of the best.
• Curriculum vitae: course of life, resume.
• De facto: in fact.
• Dixi: I have said it.
• Emeritus: honorably retired.
• En masse: in a large body.
• E pluribus unum: out of many, one.
• Esprit de corps: team spirit.
• Eureka: I have found it.
• Faux pas: social blunder.
• Glasnost: openness.
• Guru: spiritual leader or teacher.
• Habeas corpus: a writ to produce a prisoner before a court of law.
• Haute cuisine: high-class cooking.
• In camera: in secret.
• In situ: in the original arrangement.
• In toto: totally, as a whole.
• Joie de vivre: joy of living.
• Jus civile: the civil law.
• Kitsch: sentimental bad taste.
• Laus deo: praise to God.
• Magnum opus: a great work of art or literature.
• Modus operandi: method of working.
• Non liquet: it is not clear.
• Nota bene: note well.
• Ora pro nobis: pray for us.
• Pax in bello: peace in war.
• Per centum: by the hundred.
• Post meridiem: after midday.
• Post mortem: after death.
• Prima-facie: at first sight.
• Quondam: former.
• Resurgam: I shall rise again.
• Sayonara: goodbye.
• Status quo: existing order of things.
• Terra firma: solid ground.
• Ultra vires: beyond the powers.
• Vis-à-vis: compared with.
• Viva voce: orally.