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About French

faire peau neuve is to give it a makeover

 

 

 

 

faire peau neuve – to do skin new. faire peau neuve is to give it a makeover, to renovate.

 

« La station de métro a fait peau neuve l’année dernière. C’est plus agréable

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dénicher is to happily discover something

dénicher – to de-niche. dénicher is to track something down and dig out, to find a precious object, to happily discover something. DÉNICHER is a regular –ER verb and is conjugated like AIMER is.

« J’ai déniché un petit

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Le temps du muguet – Lily-of-the-valley time

Les Chansons françaises – French songs

This lesson is called ‘Le temps du muguet – Lily-of-the-valley time’. Traditionally, on May 1, you give your love ones a branch of lily-of-the-valley – especially one with thirteen flowers – as a

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Les ponts du mois de mai – Long weekends in May

FrEnch DicTation – DiCtée – Listen and Write

Today’s dictée is called ‘Les ponts du mois de mai – Long weekends in May’

Dictée

Les ponts du mois de mai

C’est bientôt le mois de mai. … Continue with

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Dictée – Deux mamies

FrEnch DicTation – DiCtée – Listen and Write

Today’s dictée is called ‘Deux mamies – Two grannies’

Dictée

Deux mamies

Deux mamies qui venaient d’être expulsées de leur(s) … continue the dictation and get its translation in the

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un enquiquineur is a pain in the neck

un enquiquineur, une enquiquineuse is ‘an annoying person’, ‘a pain in the neck.’

« C’est une enquiquineuse. Si tu tombes sur elle pour ton exam, t’auras (tu auras) du mal à l’avoir. » “She’s a pain in the neck.

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faire un caca is to have a tantrum

faire un caca (nerveux) to do a (nervous) poopy. faire un caca (nerveux) is ‘to throw a tantrum’, ‘to have a fit’.

« Si tu lui dis que t’as (tu n’as) pas fini le dossier, il va nous faire

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Spring proverbs

Trois proverbes printaniers – Three Spring proverbs

Matin printanier

 

mars – March

Mars venteux et avril pluvieux font mai gai et gracieux. Windy March and rainy April make May gay and generous.

avril – April

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tenir au courant, to let someone know

je te tiens au courant pour le resto

tenir au courant –tenir: to hold, au courant: to the power. Tenir au courant: to hold to the power? Nan! tenir au courant means to let someone know, to keep

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ça tombe bien is lucky strike

ça tombe bien – it falls well. ça tombe bien means something like ‘lucky strike’, ‘lucky me’, ‘what a nice coincidence.’

« Tu es là et j’ai juste besoin de quelqu’un pour monter mes meubles à l’étage. Ça tombe

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