Vocabulary & Expressions
l'esprit: the spirit
une tulipe: a tulip
La Tulipe: a name given in military camps to corporals and sergeants who had a knack for seducing women during the Ancien Régime, i.e., the old reign before the French Revolution in 1789
faire le joli coeur: to adopt affected or precious manners, sometimes pretentious, in order to be liked by women
