Friday, April 10, 2009

Mot du Jour: vendredi (Friday)

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Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
vendredi /vɑ̃dʀədi/ masculine noun Friday;
~ saint Good Friday.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Mot du Jour: jeûne (fasting)


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

jeûne /ʒøn/ masculine noun
  1. fasting;
    fast;
  1. period of fasting.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Mot du Jour: Souffrance (Suffering)


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Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
souffrance /sufʀɑ̃s/ feminine noun suffering.

Monday, April 6, 2009

Mot du Jour: Baiser (Kiss)


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Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
  1. noun baiser m;
    to give sb a ~ embrasser qn, donner un baiser à qn.
  1. transitive verb embrasser, donner un baiser à (person);
    to ~ sb on embrasser qn sur (cheek, lips);
    we ~ed each other nous nous sommes embrassés.
  1. intransitive verb s'embrasser.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Mot du Jour: Oeil (Eye)



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

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.

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