In our new Telegraph video series, ‘Phrases to get you furthest’, we teach you some essential sentences, fun phrases and quirky idioms from around the world.

11 British Words and Sayings That Everyone in the World Should Know. ... This is one of those French phrases that has been so Americanized that many people forget its French origins.

The English and French languages share over 1,700 identical words – often with similar or exact meanings. In fact, up to 45% of English words have French origins, largely due to the Norman ...