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.

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.

Mot du Jour: Boulanger (Baker)

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

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.

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.

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.

Mot du Jour: Velo (Bike)

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vélo /velo/ masculine noun
(familiar) bike;
faire du ~ to cycle.

COMPOUNDS:
~ d'appartement exercise bike;
~ tout terrain, VTT mountain bike.

Mot du Jour: Livre (Book)

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livre1 /livʀ/ masculine noun
book;
c'est mon ~ de chevet it's my bedside book;
figurative it's my bible.

COMPOUNDS:
~ blanc blue book;
~ de bord logbook;
~ d'or visitors' book;
~ de poche® paperback;
~ scolaire schoolbook.
livre2 /livʀ/ feminine noun

1.pound;
~ sterling pound sterling;
~ irlandaise Irish pound, punt;
2.(unit of weight) half a kilo;
(in UK) pound.

livrer /livʀe/

I.transitive verb
1.to deliver [goods];
~ qn to deliver sb's order;
2.to hand [sb] over [criminal];
to betray [accomplice, secret];
3.être livré à soi-même to be left to one's own devices;
4.il nous livre un peu de lui-même he reveals something of himself.

II.se livrer reflexive verb (+ v être)
1.se ~ à un trafic de drogue to engage in drug trafficking;
2.se ~ à [criminal] to give oneself up to;
3.se ~ à un ami to confide in a friend.

Mot du Jour: Nuage (Cloud)

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nuage /nyaʒ/ masculine noun
cloud;
sans ~s [sky] cloudless;
[happiness] unclouded;
~ de lait dash of milk.

IDIOMS:
descendre de son ~ to come back to earth.

Mot du jour: Fil (Thread)

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fil /fil/
I.masculine noun
1.thread;
→ See Also→ coudre;
2.yarn;
3.string;
~ de fer wire;
4.wire;
(on appliance) flex GB, cord US;
(on phone) lead;
coup de ~ (familiar) (phone) call;
au bout du ~ (familiar) on the phone;
5.(of conversation, text) thread;
perdre le ~ des événements to lose track of events;
6.(of razor) edge.
II.au fil de phrase in the course of;
au ~ des ans over the years;
aller au ~ de l'eau to go with the flow.

COMPOUNDS:
~ conducteur (of heat) conductor;
(of novel) thread;
(of inquiry) lead;
~ directeur guiding principle.

IDIOMS:
ne tenir qu'à un ~ to hang by a thread.

Mot du Jour: Hébergement

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hébergement /ebɛʀʒəmɑ̃/ masculine noun
accommodation;
housing.

Mot du Jour: Laver (To Wash)

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laver /lave/
transitive verb
to wash [clothes, child, car];~ son linge to do one's washing;~ la vaisselle to do the dishes;~ qch à grande eau to wash sth down;
to clean [wound];
to clear;~ qn d'une accusation to clear sb of an accusation.
se laver reflexive verb (+ v être)
to wash;se ~ les mains to wash one's hands;se ~ les dents to brush one's teeth;
to be washable;
se ~ d'un affront to take revenge for an insult.

IDIOMS:
je m'en lave les mains I'm washing my hands of it.

Mot du Jour: étoile (star)

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étoile /etwal/ feminine noun star.

COMPOUNDS:
~ filante shooting star;~ de mer starfish;~ polaire Pole Star.

IDIOMS:
coucher or dormir à la belle ~ to sleep out in the open.

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étoilé, ~e /etwale/ adjective
starry;
[glass, windscreen] crazed.

Mot du jour: Anniversaire

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anniversaire /anivɛʀsɛʀ/
adjective date or jour ~ de anniversary of.
masculine noun
birthday;
anniversary.

Mot du Jour: Verre (Glass)

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verre /vɛʀ/ masculine noun
glass;de or en ~ glass;un ~ à eau/vin a water/wine glass;~s et couverts glassware and cutlery;lever son ~ à la santé de qn to raise one's glass to sb;
glass, glassful;un ~ d'eau/de vin a glass of water/wine;
drink;
lens;~ grossissant magnifying glass.

COMPOUNDS:
~ de contact contact lens;~ à pied stemmed glass.

Mot du jour: endormi (sleepy)

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endormi, ~e /ɑ̃dɔʀmi/ adjective
[person, animal] sleeping, asleep;
[village, mind] sleepy.

endormir /ɑ̃dɔʀmiʀ/
transitive verb
to send [sb] to sleep [child];[person, substance] to put [sb] to sleep [patient];
(from boredom) [person, lecture] to send [sb] to sleep [person];
to dupe [person, opinion, enemy];
to allay [suspicion];to numb [faculties].

s'endormir reflexive verb (+ v être)
to fall asleep;
to get to sleep;
figurative to sit back.

Mot du jour: pluie (rain)

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pluie /plɥi/ feminine noun

1. rain;
   sous une ~ battante in driving rain;

2. (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).

Mot du jour: chaleur (heat)

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chaleur /ʃalœʀ/

1. feminine noun
   1. heat;
      warmth;
      coup de ~ heat stroke;
      ~ animale body heat;
   2. (of person, welcome, colour) warmth;
   3. Zool (être) en ~ (to be) on heat.

2. chaleurs noun, feminine plural les grandes ~s the hot season.

Mot du jour: eau (water)

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eau, pl ~x /o/

1. feminine noun
   1. water;
      l'~ de source spring water;
      prendre l'~ [shoe] to let in water;
      être en ~ to be dripping with sweat;
      mettre à l'~ to launch [ship];
      se jeter à l'~ to throw oneself into the water;
      figurative to take the plunge;
      tomber à l'~ figurative to fall through;
      nettoyer le sol à grande ~ to sluice the floor down;
   2. rain.

2. eaux noun, feminine plural
   1. water;
      waters;
   2. Med waters.

COMPOUNDS:

~ bénite holy water;
~ de chaux limewater;
~ douce fresh water;
~ de Javel ≈ (chloride) bleach;
~ de mer seawater;
~ oxygénée hydrogen peroxide;
~ plate plain water;
still mineral water;
~ de rose: à l'~ de rose [novel] sentimental;
~x et forêts forestry commission;
~x usées waste water.

IDIOMS:

mettre l'~ à la bouche de qn to make sb's mouth water;
ou dans ces ~x-là (familiar) or thereabouts;
vivre d'amour et d'~ fraîche to live on love alone.

Mot du Jour: Fête du travail: Labor Day

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Mot du Jour: rouage (wheel)

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rouage /ʀwaʒ/ masculine noun

1. (of machine) (cog)wheel;
les ~s the parts or works;

2. (of administration) machinery;
les ~s bureaucratiques the wheels of bureaucracy.

Mot du jour: travail (work)

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travail, pl -aux /tʀavaj/ , /o/

1. masculine noun
   1. gen work;
      job;
      se mettre au ~ to get down to work;
      avoir du ~ to have work to do;
      les gros travaux the heavy work;
      (félicitations) c'est du beau ~! you've done a great job on that!;
      qu'est-ce que c'est que ce ~? what do you call this?;
      ne me téléphone pas à mon ~ don't call me at work;
      chercher du/un ~ to look for work/a job;
      être sans ~ to be out of work;
      le ~ temporaire temporary work;
      le ~ de nuit nightwork;
   2. Econ labour (BrE);
      entrer dans le monde du ~ to enter the world of work;
   3. le ~ musculaire muscular effort;
   4. le ~ de working with or in [metal, wood, stone];
   5. workmanship;
      un ~ superbe a superb piece of workmanship;
   6. (of water, erosion) action;
   7. (of wine) fermentation;
      (of wood) warping;
   8. (of woman in childbirth) labour (BrE).

2. travaux noun, masculine plural
   1. gen work;
      (on road) roadworks GB, roadwork US;
      faire faire des travaux dans sa maison to have work done in one's house;
   2. (of researcher) work;
   3. (of commission) deliberations;
   4. les travaux agricoles agricultural work;
      travaux de couture needlework.

COMPOUNDS:

~ à la chaîne assembly-line work;
~ à domicile working at or from home;
~ au noir gen work for which no earnings are declared;
(holding two jobs) moonlighting;
travaux manuels handicrafts;
travaux pratiques, TP practical work;
lab work;
travaux publics, TP civil engineering.

Mot du Jour: Embrasser (To hug)

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embrasser /ɑ̃bʀase/

1. transitive verb
   1. to kiss;
      je t'embrasse lots of love;
   2. to embrace;
      to hug;
   3. to take up [career, cause].

2. s'embrasser reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. to kiss (each other);
   2. to embrace;
      to hug.

IDIOMS:

~ qn comme du bon pain to hug sb warmly.

Mot du Jour: Examen (Exam)

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examen /ɛgzamɛ̃/ masculine noun

1. Sch, Univ examination, exam;
   passer un ~ to take an exam;
   ~ de rattrapage retake, resit GB;

2. Med examination;

3. examination;
   consideration;
   review;
   être en cours d'~ to be under review;
   to be under consideration;

4. inspection.

COMPOUNDS:

~ blanc mock (exam), practice exam;
~ de conscience self-examination;
~ spécial d'entrée à l'université, ESEU university entrance exam for students not having the baccalaureate.

Mot du Jour: Cafard (Cockroach)

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cafard /kafaʀ/ masculine noun

1. (familiar) depression;
   avoir le ~ to be down in the dumps (colloquial);

2. cockroach.

Mot du Jour: Profond (Deep)

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profond, ~e /pʀɔfɔ̃/ , /ɔ̃d/

1. adjective
   1. deep;
      peu ~ shallow;
   2. [boredom] acute;
      [sigh] heavy;
      [feeling, sleep, colour] deep;
   3. [change, ignorance] profound;
   4. [mind, remark] profound;
      [gaze] penetrating;
   5. la France ~e provincial France;
      l'Amérique ~e small-town America.

2. adverb deeply, deep down.

Mot du Jour: Maillot (undershirt)

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maillot /majo/ masculine noun

1. ~ (de corps) vest GB, undershirt US;

2. (of footballer) shirt;
   (of cyclist) jersey;

3. swimsuit.

COMPOUNDS:

~ de bain swimsuit;
le ~ jaune the leader in the Tour de France.

Mot du Jour: tête (head)

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tête /tɛt/ feminine noun

1. head;
   en pleine ~ (right) in the head;
   ~ baissée [rush] headlong;
   la ~ en bas [hang] upside down;
   se laver la ~ to wash one's hair;
   au-dessus de nos ~s overhead;
   être tombé sur la ~ figurative (familiar) to have gone off one's rocker (colloquial);
   ma ~ est mise à prix there's a price on my head;
   vouloir la ~ de qn to want sb's head;
   to be after sb's head;
   risquer sa ~ to risk one's neck (colloquial);
   des ~s vont tomber figurative heads will roll;

2. face;
   une bonne/sale ~ a nice/nasty face;
   tu en fais une ~! what a face!;
   quelle ~ va-t-il faire? how's he going to react?;
   il (me) fait la ~ he's sulking;
   il a une ~ à tricher he looks like a cheat;
   tu as une ~ à faire peur, aujourd'hui! you look dreadful today!;

3. de ~ [quote, recite] from memory;
   [calculate] in one's head;
   tu n'as pas de ~! you have a mind like a sieve!;
   avoir qch en ~ to have sth in mind;
   où avais-je la ~? whatever was I thinking of?;
   ça (ne) va pas, la ~? (familiar) are you out of your mind or what?;
   mets-lui ça dans la ~ drum it into him/her;
   passer par la ~ de qn [idea] to cross sb's mind;
   monter la ~ à Pierre contre Paul to turn Pierre against Paul;
   j'ai la ~ qui tourne my head's spinning;
   monter à la ~ de qn [alcohol, success] to go to sb's head;
   il a encore toute sa ~ (à lui) he's still got all his faculties;
   n'en faire qu'à sa ~ to go one's own way;
   tenir ~ à qn to stand up to sb;

4. (person) avoir ses ~s to have one's favourites (BrE);
   un dîner en ~ à ~ an intimate dinner for two;
   par ~ gen a head, each;
   (in statistics) per capita;

5. (measurement) head;
   avoir une ~ d'avance sur qn to be a short length in front of sb;

6. il a été nommé à la ~ du groupe he was appointed head of the group;
   prendre la ~ des opérations to take charge of operations;
   être à la ~ d'une immense fortune to be the possessor of a huge fortune;

7. top;
   être en ~ (of list, category) to be at the top;
   (in election, race, survey) to be in the lead;
   en ~ de phrase at the beginning of a sentence;

8. (of train) front;
   (of convoy) head;
   (of tree, mast) top;
   (of screw, nail) head;
   en ~ de file first in line;

9. Sport (in football) faire une ~ to head the ball;

10. Mil (of missile) warhead;

11. ~ de lecture (in tape recorder, video recorder) head.

COMPOUNDS:

~ en l'air scatterbrain;
~ brûlée daredevil;
~ à claques (familiar) pain (colloquial);
~ de linotte = See Also→ ~ en l'air;
~ de mort skull;
death's head;
skull and crossbones;
~ de mule (familiar) mule;
être une vraie ~ de mule (familiar) to be as stubborn as a mule;
~ de Turc (familiar) whipping boy.

IDIOMS:

j'en mettrais ma ~ à couper I'd swear to it;
en avoir par-dessus la ~ (familiar) to be fed up to the back teeth (colloquial);
ça me prend la ~ (familiar) it's a real drag (colloquial).

Mot du Jour: Changement (Change)

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changement /ʃɑ̃ʒmɑ̃/ masculine noun change;
~ en mieux/pire change for the better/worse.

Mot du Jour: Paques

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1. noun Pâques m; Easter
   at ~ à Pâques;
   Happy ~ Joyeuses Pâques.

2. adjective (Sunday, egg) de Pâques.

Mot du Jour: vendredi (Friday)

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vendredi /vɑ̃dʀədi/ masculine noun Friday;
~ saint Good Friday.

Mot du Jour: jeûne (fasting)

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jeûne /ʒøn/ masculine noun

1. fasting;
   fast;

2. period of fasting.

Mot du Jour: Souffrance (Suffering)

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souffrance /sufʀɑ̃s/ feminine noun suffering.

Mot du Jour: Baiser (Kiss)

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1. noun baiser m;
   to give sb a ~ embrasser qn, donner un baiser à qn.

2. transitive verb embrasser, donner un baiser à (person);
   to ~ sb on embrasser qn sur (cheek, lips);
   we ~ed each other nous nous sommes embrassés.

3. intransitive verb s'embrasser.

Mot du Jour: Oeil (Eye)

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œil, pl yeux /œj/ , /jø/ masculine noun eye;
ouvrir l'~ to keep one's eyes open;
fermer les yeux sur qch to turn a blind eye to sth;
acheter qch les yeux fermés to buy sth with complete confidence;
avoir l'~ à tout to be vigilant;
jeter un ~ à or sur qch to have a quick look at sth;
aux yeux de tous openly;
jeter un coup d'~ à qch to glance at sth;
avoir le coup d'~ to have a good eye;
regarder qch d'un ~ neuf to see sth in a new light;
voir qch d'un mauvais ~ to take a dim view of sth;
à mes yeux in my opinion.

COMPOUNDS:

~ de verre glass eye.

IDIOMS:

mon ~! (familiar) my eye! (colloquial), my foot! (colloquial);
à l'~ (familiar) for nothing, for free (colloquial);
faire les gros yeux à qn to glare at sb;
dévorer qn/qch des yeux to gaze longingly at sb/sth;
faire les yeux doux à qn to make eyes at sb;
tourner de l'~ (familiar) to faint;
cela me sort par les yeux (familiar) I've had it up to here (colloquial);
avoir bon pied bon ~ to be as fit as a fiddle;
sauter aux yeux to be obvious.

Mot du Jour: déception (disappointment)

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déception /desɛpsjɔ̃/ feminine noun disappointment.

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décevoir /desəvwaʀ/transitive verb

1. to disappoint;

2. to fail to fulfil (BrE) [hope].

Mot du Jour: muscle (muscle)

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muscle /myskl/ masculine noun muscle.


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muscler /myskle/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
1. ~ les bras to develop the arm muscles;
2. to strengthen.

2. se muscler reflexive verb (+ v être) to develop one's muscles.

Mot du Jour: Yaourt (Yogurt)

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yaourt /'jauʀ(t)/ masculine noun yoghurt.

Mot du Jour: Coiffeur (Hairstylist)

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coiffeur, -euse1 /kwafœʀ/ , /øz/ noun, masculine, feminine hairdresser.

Mot du Jour: Venir (To Come)

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venir /vəniʀ/

1. 1. venir de faire to have just done;
      elle vient de partir she's just left;
      ‘vient de paraître‘ (of book) ‘new!’;
   2. ~ aggraver la situation to make the situation worse;
   3. le ballon est venu rouler sous mes pieds the ball rolled up to my feet;
   4. s'il venait à pleuvoir if it should rain.

2. intransitive verb (+ v être)
   1. to come;
      ~ de to come from;
      ~ après/avant to come after/before;
      allez, viens! come on!;
      viens voir come and see;
      j'en viens I've just been there;
      je viens de sa part he/she sent me to see you;
      faire ~ qn to send for sb;
      to get sb to come;
      faire ~ le médecin to call the doctor;
      ça ne m'est jamais venu à l'idée it never crossed my mind;
      dans les jours à ~ in the next few days;
   2. en ~ à to come to;
      en ~ aux mains to come to blows.

Here's the conjugation in the present tense:

Indicative Present of venir:
Je	viens
Tu	viens
Il/Elle	vient
Nous	venons
Vous	venez
Ils/Elles	viennent

Mot du Jour: Démissioner (Resign)

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démissionner /demisjɔne/intransitive verb

1. to resign (de from);

2. to abdicate one's responsibilities.

Mot du Jour: Confiance (Faith)

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confiance /kɔ̃fjɑ̃s/ feminine noun

1. trust;
   de ~ [person] trustworthy;
   [mission] which requires trust;
   avoir ~ en qn, faire ~ à qn to trust sb;
   mettre qn en ~ to win sb's trust;

2. (in ability, self) confidence;

~ en soi (self-)confidence.

Mot du Jour: Peigne (Comb)

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peigne /pɛɲ/ masculine noun comb.

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peigner /peɲe/

1. transitive verb to comb [hair, wool].

2. se peigner reflexive verb (+ v être) to comb one's hair.

Mot du jour: Nourriture (Food)

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nourriture /nuʀityʀ/ feminine noun

1. food;

2. diet.

Mot du Jour: Ensemble (Together)

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ensemble /ɑ̃sɑ̃bl/

1. adverb
   1. together;
   2. at the same time.

2. masculine noun
   1. group;
      un ~ de personnes a group of people;
      une vue d'~ an overall view;
      plan d'~ d'une ville general plan of a town;
      dans l'~ by and large;
      dans l'~ de throughout;
      dans son or leur ~ as a whole;
   2. (of luggage, measures) set;
   3. unity, cohesion;
      former un bel ~ to form a harmonious whole;
   4. (of gestures) coordination;
      (of sounds) unison;
      un mouvement d'~ a coordinated movement;
   5. (in mathematics) set;
   6. Mus ensemble;
   7. (of offices) complex;
      ~ hôtelier hotel complex;
      ~ industriel industrial estate GB or park US;
   8. (set of clothes) outfit;
      suit.

Mot du Jour: Beau/Belle (handsome/beautiful)

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beau (bel before vowel or mute h), belle1, mpl ~x /bo/ , /bɛl/

1. adjective
   1. beautiful;
      handsome;
      se faire ~ to do oneself up;
      ce n'est pas ~ à voir (familiar) ! it's not a pretty sight!;
   2. good;
      fine;
      nice;
      lovely;
      un ~ geste a noble gesture;
      fais de ~x rêves! sweet dreams!;
      au ~ milieu de right in the middle of;
      c'est bien ~ tout ça, mais… (familiar) that's all well and good, but…;
   3. [sum] tidy;
      [salary] very nice.

2. masculine noun qu'est-ce que tu as fait de ~? done anything interesting?

3. avoir beau phrase j'ai ~ essayer, je n'y arrive pas it's no good my trying, I can't do it.

4. bel et bien phrase
   1. well and truly;
   2. definitely.

COMPOUNDS:

~ fixe fine weather;
~x jours fine weather;
palmy days, good days.

IDIOMS:

faire le ~ [dog] to sit up and beg;
c'est du ~! (familiar) ironic lovely!

French Song Series: Hymn à l'amour

HYMNE À L'AMOUR
(M. Monnot / E. Constantine)

Edith Piaf (France)


Le ciel bleu sur nous peut s'effrondrer
Et la terre peut bien s'écrouler
Peu m'importe si tu m'aimes
Je me fous du monde entier
Tant que l'amour inondera mes matins
Tant que mon corps frémira sous tes mains
Peu m'importent les grands problèmes
Mon amour, puisque tu m'aimes...
J'irais jusqu'au bout du monde
Je me ferais teindre en blonde
Si tu me le demandais...
J'irais décrocher la lune
J'irais voler la fortune
Si tu me le demandais...
Je renierais ma patrie
Je renierais mes amis
Si tu me le demandais...
On peut bien rire de moi,
Je ferais n'importe quoi
Si tu me le demandais...
Si un jour la vie t'arrache à moi
Si tu meurs, que tu sois loin de moi
Peu m'importe, si tu m'aimes
Car moi je mourrai aussi...
Nous aurons pour nous l'éternité
Dans le bleu de toute l'immensité
Dans le ciel, plus de problèmes
Mon amour, crois-tu qu'on s'aime?...
...Dieu réunit ceux qui s'aiment!

Le Conditonnel: The Conditional Tense

The conditional mood is one of the easiest to conjugate. Iy tells if an event is likely to occur but hasn't happened yet. In English this would be the equivalent of "would".

Le Conditonnel is formed by using si clauses which is equivalent to if..then statements.

To form the conditional of -ER and -IR verbs, add the appropriate ending to the infinitive. For -RE verbs, drop the final E before adding the ending.

Singular		Plural
1st person	je	-ais	nous	-ions
2nd person	tu	-ais	vous	-iez
3rd person	il	-ait	ils	-aient

Here are the verbs with irregular conjugation

Verb	Conditional stem	Similarly-conjugated verbs
acheter	achèter-	achever, amener, emmener, lever, promener
appeler	appeller-	épeler, jeter, projeter, rappeler
aller	ir-
avoir	aur-
devoir	devr-
envoyer	enverr-
essayer	essaier-	employer, ennuyer, nettoyer, payer
être	ser-
faire	fer-
pleuvoir	pleuvr-
pouvoir	pourr-
savoir	saur-
venir	viendr-	revenir, devenir, parvenir
voir	verr-	revoir
vouloir	voudr-

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Mot du Jour: Si (If)

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si1 /si/

1. adverb
   1. yes;
      ‘tu ne le veux pas?’—‘~!’ ‘don't you want it?’—‘yes I do!’;
      il n'ira pas, moi ~ he won't go, but I will;
   2. so;
      c'est un homme ~ agréable he's such a pleasant man;
      ~ bien que so;
      so much so that;
      rien n'est ~ beau qu'un coucher de soleil there's nothing so beautiful as a sunset;
      est-elle ~ bête qu'on le dit? is she as stupid as people say (she is)?

2. conjunction (s' before il or ils)
   1. if;
      ~ j'étais riche if I were rich;
      ~ j'avais su! if only I'd known!;
      vous pensez ~ j'étais content! you can imagine how happy I was!;
      ~ ce n'est (pas) toi, qui est-ce? if it wasn't you, who was it?;
      il n'a rien pris avec lui ~ ce n'est un livre he didn't take anything with him apart from a book;
      à quoi servent ces réunions ~ ce n'est à nous faire perdre notre temps? what purpose do these meetings serve other than to waste our time?;
      ~ tant est qu'une telle distinction ait un sens if such a distinction makes any sense;
   2. ~ tu venais avec moi? how about coming with me?
   3. whereas.

Mot du Jour: Colère (Anger)

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colère: /kɔlɛʀ/ nf. anger
mettre en colère: to become angry

Mot du Jour: écrire (to write)

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écrire /ekʀiʀ/

transitive verb
1. to write;
2. to spell.

s'écrire reflexive verb (+ être)

1.to be written;
2.to be spelled.

Indicative Present of écrire:
Je	écris
Tu	écris
Il/Elle	écrit
Nous	écrivons
Vous	écrivez
Ils/Elles	écrivent

Expressions with the verb

J'écris un note. I'm writing a note.
ça s'écrit comment? How is it spelled?

Mot du jour Passe-Temps: Hobby

Just a little video that shows my hobby.

Passe-Temps: nm. Hobby

Mon passe-temps est____: My hobby is______
Quel passe-temps tu veux faire? WHich hobby do you like doing?

Mot du Jour: Paresseux/esse (lazy)

paresseux: adj. Lazy
noun. Sloth (animal)

Mot du Jour: nu (nude)

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nu(e): adj. Nude
noun: Nude Painting

être nu/e: to be in the nude

When to use le subjonctif

	Verbs/expressions of will which express an order, a need, a piece of advice, or a want.
	aimer mieux que	to like better / to prefer that
	commander que	to order that
	demander que	to ask (someone to do something)
	désirer que	to desire that
	donner l'ordre que	to order that
	empêcher que*	to prevent (someone from doing something)
	éviter que*	to avoid
	exiger que	to demand that
	il est à souhaiter que	it is to be hoped that
	il est essentiel que	it is essential that
	il est important que	it is important that
	il est naturel que	it is natural that
	il est nécessaire que	it is necessary that
	il est normal que	it is normal that
	il est temps que	it is time that
	il est urgent que	it is urgent that
	il faut que	it is necessary that
	il vaut mieux que	it is better that
	interdire que	to forbid that
	s'opposer que	to oppose that
	ordonner que	to order that
	permettre que	to permit that
	préférer que	to prefer that
	proposer que	to propose that
	recommander que	to recommend
	souhaiter que	to wish that
	suggérer que	to suggest that
	tenir à ce que	to insist that
	vouloir que	to want that
	*these verbs are followed by the ne explétif: Évitez qu'il ne parte - Prevent him from leaving.
	Verbs/expressions of emotion or feeling which indicate fear, happiness, anger, regret, surprise, or other sentiments.
	adorer que	to love that
	aimer que	to like that
	apprécier que	to appreciate that
	avoir honte que	to be ashamed that
	avoir peur que	to be afraid that
	craindre que	to fear that
	déplorer que	to deplore that
	détester que	to hate that
	être content que	to be happy that
	être désolé que	to be sorry that
	être étonné que	to be amazed that
	être heureux que	to be happy that
	être surpris que	to be surprised that
	être triste que	to be sad that
	il est bizarre que	it is odd that
	il est bon que	it is good that
	il est dommage que	it is too bad that
	il est étonnant que	it is amazing that
	il est étrange que	it is strange that
	il est heureux que	it is fortunate that
	il est honteux que	it is shameful that
	il est inutile que	it is useless that
	il est rare que	it is rare that
	il est regrettable que	it is regrettable that
	il est surprenant que	it is surprising that
	il est utile que	it is useful that
	redouter que	to dread that
	regretter que	to regret that
	se réjouir que	to be delighted that
	Verbs/expressions of doubt, possibility, and opinion
	accepter que	to accept
	s'attendre à ce que	to expect
	chercher ... qui	to look for
	Je cherche un homme qui sache la vérité (he may not exist = doubt)
	détester que	to hate
	douter que**	to doubt that
	il est convenable que	it is proper/fitting that
	il est douteux que**	it is doubtful that
	il est faux que	it is false that
	il est impossible que	it is impossible that
	il est improbable que	it is improbable that
	il est juste que	it is right/fair that
	il est possible que	it is possible that
	il est peu probable que	it is improbable that
	il n'est pas certain que	it is not certain that
	il n'est pas clair que	it is not clear that
	il n'est pas évident que	it is not obvious that
	il n'est pas exact que	it is not correct that
	il n'est pas probable que	it is improbable that
	il n'est pas sûr que	it is not certain that
	il n'est pas vrai que	it is not true that
	il semble que	it seems that
	il se peut que	it may be that
	le fait que	the fact that
	nier que	to deny that
	refuser que	to refuse
	**These do not take the subjunctive when they are used negatively: Je doute qu'il vienne, Je ne doute pas qu'il vient.
Note	The following verbs and expressions do not take the subjunctive when they are used in the affirmative, because they express facts which are considered certain. When negative or interrogatory, they require the subjunctive: Penses-tu qu'il soit sympa ? Oui, je pense qu'il est sympa, Non, je ne pense pas qu'il soit sympa.
	c'est que	it's that/because
	connaître (quelqu'un) qui	to know (someone) that
	croire que	to believe that
	dire que	to say that
	espérer que	to hope that
	être certain que	to be certain that
	être sûr que	to be sure that
	il est certain que	it is certain that
	il est clair que	it is clear/obvious that
	il est évident que	it is obvious that
	il est probable que	it is probable that
	il est exact que	it is correct/true that
	il est sûr que	it is certain that
	il est vrai que	it is true that
	il me (te, lui...) semble que	it seems to me (you, him...) that
	il paraît que	it appears that
	penser que	to think that
	savoir que	to know that
	trouver que	to find/think that
	vouloir dire que	to mean that
	The following conjunctions
	à condition que	provided that
	à moins que*	unless
	afin que	so that
	avant que*	before
	bien que	although
	de crainte que*	for fear that
	de façon que	so that, in order that, in such a way that
	de peur que*	for fear that
	en attendant que	while, until
	jusqu'à ce que	until
	pour que	so that
	pourvu que	provided that
	quoique	even though
	quoi que	whatever, no matter what
	sans que	without
	*these conjunctions are followed by the ne explétif: Mangeons avant que nous ne partions - Let's eat before we leave
Note	The following conjunctions do not take the subjunctive, because they express facts which are considered certain:
	ainsi que	just as, so as
	alors que	while, whereas
	après que***	after, when
	aussitôt que***	as soon as
	car	since, because
	en même temps que	at the same time that
	depuis que	since
	dès que***	as soon as, immediately
	lorsque***	when
	parce que	because
	pendant que	while
	plutôt que	instead of, rather than
	puisque	since, as
	quand***	when
	tandis que	while, whereas
	une fois que***	once
	***These conjunctions are followed by the future tense.
	In a subordinate clause with the negative pronoun ne ... personne or ne ... rien, or the indefinite pronoun quelqu'un or quelque chose.
	Je ne connais personne qui veuille le faire.	I don't know anyone who wants to do it.
	Y a-t-il quelqu'un qui puisse m'aider ?	Is there someone who can help me?
	After main clauses which contain the words seul, unique, premier, dernier, or any superlative, the subjunctive is optional - it depends on how concrete the speaker feels about what is being said.
	C'est la seule personne que je connaisse.	That's the only person I know.
	C'est l'étudiante la plus intelligente que j'aie.	She's the smartest student I have.

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