<h2>Dazzle with your command of <i>belle-lettres!</i></h2> <p>Like a true sophisticate, you'd like to toss out casual <i>bon mots</i> to enliven your conversation. You'd like to float through cocktail parties offering your guests <i>crudités</i> and <i>hors d'oeuvres</i>, toasting to the prevailing <i>Weltgeist</i> and speculating on who's having an <i>affaire de coeur</i>.</p> <p>But first you need to know what those words mean.</p> <p>Here's a guide to declaiming like an intellectual in a foreign language. More than 500 of the most commonly used foreign words and phrases that enhance our language and make us sound sophisticated have been translated into English, along with a pronunciation guide and a sample sentence showing you how to use them. In addition, you'll find quotations in other languages, which will impress everyone with your erudition and <i>experiencia del mundo</i>. All this together with a plethora of <i>minutae</i>, spicing the entries with an exquisite <i>mélange</i> of information that heightens their <i>je ne sais quoi</i>.</p> <p>So get busy dotting your conversation with these words and phrases. Remember, <i>Experientia docet</i>.</p>