10 POLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ESPRIT DESCALIER»
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esprit descalier in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
esprit descalier and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Polish literature.
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From Bonbon to Cha-cha: Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words ...
As we sped into the Channel Tunnel, the businessman on the next table cracked open a bottle of champagne and handed round paper cups. esprit de l'escalier lespri de leskalje/ noun phrase (also esprit descalier) E20 French (literally, 'writ of ...
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Wspomnienia policjanta z warszawskiego getta - Strona 223
Dziś, myśląc o przeżytych latach, o sporach toczonych i myślach przetrawionych, może popełniam błąd, wysuwając pod adresem przeszłości żądania, może to tylko esprit d'escalier*** przeze mnie i przez nas wszystkich, wciąż lata ubiegłe na ...
Stanisław Gombiński, Marta Janczewska, 2010
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Thomas Demand: l'ésprit d'escalier
Stairs, ladders and lifts are the motifs of Thomas Demand's latest monograph, L'Esprit d'Escalier, which is published on the occasion of his show at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin.
Thomas Demand, Dave Eggers, Karen Sweeney, 2007
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Faux Pas?: A No-Nonsense Guide to Words and Phrases from ...
that changes to regiments should not affect their local identity or 'esprit de corps' but make them stronger and more flexible. ... espree de l'ess-kally-eh (French; sometimes esprit d'escalier) literally, 'wit of the staircase', and so any 'witty ...
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009
Jimmy muttered. “The best I can do is something like 'Douchebags.' I always think of the perfect insult about two minutes too late." Behind him, Reina nodded. “L'esprit descalier,” she said, grinning down the hallway toward Byron. “He taught ...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative ...
A slow temperament makes them less rapid and ready than other countrymen, and has given occasion to the observation that English wit comes afterwards, — which the French denote as esprit descalier. This dulness makes their attachment ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1872
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Les Bons Mots: How to Amaze Tout Le Monde with Everyday French
Less uplifting is esprit derange (day-rahn-ZHAY), translated as "disordered mind." The next phrase, esprit d'escalier (dayss-kah-LYAY), is delightful. It may be translated as "slow on the uptake" or literally as "staircase wit." The allusion is to the ...
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Translating Across Cultures: BAS 21st Annual International ...
He is able to quote a French phrase such as esprit d'escalier, providing the right explanation for his potentially less knowledgeable readers: (27) Back in my cell, a hundred little speeches occurred to me. The French call this 'esprit d'escalier' ...
Hortensia Pârlog, Luminiţa Frenţiu, 2014
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A Short History of Snakes: Poems - Strona 45
L'ESPRIT D'ESCALIER "My room is three and a quarter miles from here, but I must go to bed as there is a rhinoceros over the mantelpiece. " — Peter Fleming 1 had to be picked up and driven down, of course. In the car three strangers ...
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Na skrzyżowaniu dróg: o poezji Janusza St. Pasierba - Strona 75
Pasierb okresla tutaj sam siebie mianem esprit d ' escalier - poeta Schodów, na wzór poetów jezior czy gór (wiersze esprit d' escalier (I) oraz esprit d' esca- lier(II). Okreslenie wziçlo siç od nazwy stynnych Schodów Hiszpañskich, miejsca w ...
