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Words that don’t exist in the English language:

L’esprit de escalier: (French) The feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you think of all the things you should have said. Translated it means “the spirit of the staircase.”

Waldeinsamkeit: (German) The feeling of being alone in the woods.

Meraki: (Norwegian) The euphoria you experience when you are first falling in love.

Gheegle: (Filipino) The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute

Pochemuchka: (Russian) A person who asks a lot of questions

Pena ajena: (Mexican Spanish)The embarrassment you feel watching someone else’s humiliation
Cualacino: (Italian) The mark left on a table by a cold glass.

Ilunga: (Tshiluba, Congo) A person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time.

Saudade: (sow-da-jee) (Portugese, Galician) The feeling one gets when realizing something one once had is lost and can never be had again.

Sgriobn: (Gaelic) The itchiness that overcomes the upper lip just before taking a sip of whisky.

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Words that don’t exist in the English language: L’esprit

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Words that don’t exist in the English language: L’esprit

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