Friday, May 22, 2009

Mot du jour: pluie (rain)



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Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

pluie /plɥi/ feminine noun
  1. rain;
    sous une ~ battante in driving rain;
  1. (of missiles, insults) hail;
    (of sparks, compliments) shower.
COMPOUNDS:
~s acides acid rain.

IDIOMS:
il n'est pas né de la dernière ~ (familiar) he wasn't born yesterday (colloquial);
faire la ~ et le beau temps to call the shots (colloquial).

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