The Fexco 2024 concludes by breaking records in visits and economic
activity.
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The International Fair and Exhibition of Cochabamba (Fexco) concluded
yesterday after 11 days of constant and intense activity. Preliminary
figures indi...
bête noire
The BANE OF ONE’S EXISTENCE; a persistent nuisance. French for “black beast,” this cliché is older than the synonymous PAIN IN THE NECK and THORN IN ONE’S SIDE. It dates from the first half of the nineteenth
cen- tury and became popular
(in English) during the long period when French was
the principal
language of
culture
and diplomacy.
It is
on its
way
to obsolescence.
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