Bien Sûr

Definition: of course

This is literally French for “of course,” which isn’t interesting, but I’ve never seen it used in an English context before.

Why I Looked It Up

In Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma, when discussing a little-known Hemingway novel:

In fact, David is being turned into a woman by his wife Catherine. Things started out with – bien sûr – a haircut.

The author had made the point earlier that the book is “90 percent about people getting haircuts.”