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French Slang & Phrases
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Let's Talk About Cake1
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It's the country (& continent) where you'll find the Murray-Darling Basin

Australia

200

In Cote d'Ivoire French slang, mon pain, literally "my" this, means "my boyfriend"

Bread

200

Learning that her ex had become engaged to another woman inspired her to write "Someone Like You", a No. 1 hit in 2011

Adele

200

In dating strata or layers of rock, this pretty basic principle is called the law of superposition

Older stuff is on the bottom

200

A classic New York one of these uses cream cheese & Graham cracker curst; it should be cooked in a water bath too

Cheesecake

400

One theory says the name of this mountain chain comes from the Quechua for "high crest"

The Andes

400

Some French people hold une clope, one of these, between 2 fingers outside a bistro as they contemplate life's meaning

A ciggy

400

This duo's albums include "Sounds of Silence" & "The Concert in Central Park"

Simon and Garfunkel

400

In painting your masterpiece, it's "fat over lean": each successive layer should have a higher content of this standard medium

Oil

400

The name of this ring-shaped cake pan is a trademark of Nordic Ware, which added a "T" to a German word

Bundt

600

The Brahmaputra River runs through 3 countries from its source to its confluence with this other great river

The Ganges

600

Tomber dans les pommes is a phrase for passing out but literally means "falling in" a bed of this fruit

Apples

600

Gospel singer Merry Clayton sang "Rape, murder, it's just a shot away" on this Rolling Stones song that reflected the unrest of 1969

"Gimme Shelter"

600

Protecting soil & becoming nutrients, a forest layer alliteratively named this "litter" is actually all kinds of tree droppings

Leaf litter

600
King cake is a tradition of this holiday & is often decorated in purple, gold & green, the holiday's traditional colors

Mardi Gras

800

Illyria is an ancient name for the northwest part of this European peninsula

The Balkan Peninsula

800

BCBG translates to "good style, good class", "good" being this "B" word in French

bon

800

"Might Delete Later" is a 2024 mixtape from this rapper, first name Jermaine

J Cole

800

The layered hair of this Austro-French woman was not a chic bob but a heap of tresses including wigs colored with turmeric

Marie Antoinette

800

This cake became a little cheaper & a lot more vivid when Adams Extract suggested using its red food color in the recipe

Red velvet cake

1000

This South Pacific island country is about the size of New Jersey but where would you rather vacation, Newark or Suva?

Fiji

1000

Unique to Qubecois slang & meaning "get ready" is attache ta tuque, a tuque is one of these

A hat

1000

"Creep" was a single from "CrazySexyCool", a 1994 album by this trio

TLC

1000

When layering clothing, the closest to your skin pulls moisture away, called this action in the outdoor fabric wear world

Wicking

1000

Literally French for "melting", it's a creamy, sugary paste used in cake & candy-making

Fondant

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