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.

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
étoilé, ~e /etwale/ adjective
starry;
[glass, windscreen] crazed.