Mot du Jour: Sourd (Deaf)

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sourd, ~e /suʀ/ , /suʀd/

I.adjective
1.deaf;
~ à deaf to [pleas];
2.[noise] dull;
[voice] muffled;
3.[pain] dull;
4.[consonant] voiceless, surd.
II.noun, masculine, feminine deaf person;
les ~s the deaf.

IDIOMS:
faire la ~e oreille to turn a deaf ear;
comme un ~ [shout] at the top of one's voice;
comme un ~ like one possessed;
ce n'est pas tombé dans l'oreille d'un ~ it didn't go unheard. Read more!

Mot du Jour: Aide (Help)

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aide1 /ɛd/
I.noun, masculine & feminine assistant

COMPOUNDS:
~ à domicile carer, home help;
~ familiale mother's help.

II.aide- (combining form) ~-soignant nursing auxiliary GB, nurse's aide US.
aide2 /ɛd/ feminine noun

1.(from individual, group) help, assistance;
(from state) assistance;
apporter son ~ à qn to help sb;
2.(financial) aid;
~ au développement foreign aid;
~ judiciaire legal aid.


aider /ede/ (conjugate⇒)
I.transitive verb
1.to help (à faire to do);
2.to aid;
to give aid to.

II.aider à verb+preposition to help toward(s) [understanding, funding].

III.s'aider reflexive verb (+ v être)
1.s'~ de to use [dictionary, tool];
2.to help each other.

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Mot du Jour: Rouge (Red)

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rouge /ʀuʒ/
I.adjective
1.gen red;
[person, face] flushed;
2.[beard, hair, fur] ginger;
3.red-hot.

II.noun, masculine & feminine (communist) Red.

III.masculine noun
1.red;
le ~ lui monta au visage he/she went red in the face;
2.~ à joues blusher, rouge;
~ à lèvres lipstick;
3.le feu est au ~ the (traffic) lights are red;
passer au ~ to jump the lights GB or a red light;
4.(familiar) red (wine);
gros ~ (familiar) cheap red wine;
un coup de ~ (familiar) a glass of red wine.

IDIOMS:
être ~ comme une tomate or une écrevisse (from embarrassment) to be as red as a beetroot GB or a beet US;
(from running) to be red in the face.

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Mot du Jour: Boulanger (Baker)

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boulanger, -ère /bulɑ̃ʒe/ , /ɛʀ/
noun, masculine, feminine
baker. Read more!

Mot du Jour: Pâte (Pastry)

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pâte /pɑt/
I.feminine noun
1.pastry;
dough;
batter;
2.paste.

II.pâtes noun, feminine plural ~s (alimentaires) pasta.

COMPOUNDS:
~ d'amandes marzipan;
~s de fruit(s) fruit jellies;
~ à modeler Plasticine®;
~ à tartiner spread.

IDIOMS:
mettre la main à la ~ to pitch in.


pâté /pɑte/ masculine noun

1.pâté;
2.pie;
~ en croûte ≈ pie;
3.~ de maisons block (of houses);
4.(ink)blot;
5.sandcastle. Read more!

Mot du Jour: Irriter (Irritate)

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irriter /iʀite/

I.transitive verb
1.to irritate, to annoy;
2.Med to irritate.

II.s'irriter reflexive verb (+ v être)
1.to get angry;
2.Med to become irritated. Read more!

Mot du Jour: Soleil (Sun)

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soleil /sɔlɛj/ masculine noun
sun;
~ de minuit midnight sun;
en plein ~ [sit] in (the) hot sun;
[leave something] in direct sunlight;
quand il y a du ~ when it's sunny;
attraper un coup or des coups de ~ to get sunburned. Read more!