c' est la vie 3.2

• cul de sac - bottom of the bag; dead-end street
• a la carte - on the menu
• apropos - appropriate
• habitue - a frequent visitor to a place ; suki
• decolletage - low neckline
• tete-a-tete - intimate or private talk
• en masse - in a group ; altogether
• raison d' etre - reason for being ; justification for existing
• je ne sais quoi - a certain something ; an indefinable quality
• soupson - a hint; a slight trace
• avant-garde - innovative, especially in the arts
• liaison - communication and contact between groups or units
• piece de resistance - the best part or feature of something; the highlight
• creme de la creme - cream of the crop; best of the best
• fait accompli - a thing accomplished and presumably irreversible
• echelon - a level of command, authority, or rank
• coup de grace - a death blow , one delivered to end suffering
• bete noire - a person or thing disliked
• de rigueur - strictly required, by practice
• carte blanche - unconditional authority; full discretionary power
• chandler - ch
• chanteuse - sh
• chanticleer - ch
• chapeau - sh
• chrome - k
• chaperon - sh
• chaplain - ch
• chic - sh
• chicanery - ch/sh
• chiffon - sh
• chignon - sh
• chimera - k
• chimichanga - ch
• chowder - ch
• machete - sh
• machination - k
• lichen - k
• pachyderm - k
• touche - sh
• triptych - k