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What are your favourite words in any language, and why?

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I'd probably pick three. 'Gemütlich' for that cosy, warm feeling, 'saudade' in Portuguese for a kind of longing, and 'petrichor' — the smell of rain. Each one captures something English struggles to express in a single word.

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  • do something justice — to represent or capture something as fully and well as it deserves“The photo doesn't do the sunset justice — you had to be there.”
  • roll off the tongue — (of a word or phrase) to be smooth and pleasant to say“The name just rolls off the tongue.”

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