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Foreign Words/ Phrases 3

cul de sac - cul-de-sac:
a street or passage closed at one end. మన దగ్గర "dead end" అంటాం.

blitzkrieg (German):  
A German term for "lightning war,'' blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. 

Genre  (French): zhaw·nruh (r is silent)- class, style in literature or painting. ఒక రకమైన కళా ప్రక్రియ. 
Eg. When novel was introduced in English, it was treated as a new genre. Nowadays, people are also using in movies, new genre movies.

Glitch (German): A glitch describes a small problem, but usually it's a problem that doesn't make it impossible to finish something.
Eg: The new software is working well, in spite of a couple of glitches.

Patio: A patio is structured on the ground floor while a balcony is way higher. A balcony is constructed on upper floors with no ground access. They are small elevated platforms that are affixed to a given room in the house Balcony
Published date : 26 Oct 2019 12:13PM

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