Google Share on Facebook Directoire (redirected fromFrench Directory) Wikipedia Directoire (dirɛktwar) n (Historical Terms)historythe French Directory. SeeDirectory adj 1.(Art Movements) of, in, or relating to a decorative style of the end of the 18th century in France, a form of neoclassi...
The 2021 French Open draw took place today behind closed doors and sees Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer all drawn in the same half of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. Federer is returning to Roland Garros after missing last year’s tournament due to his knee injury...
This expression is a sarcastic one, and said in a tone that echoes “yeah, right!” or “in your dreams!” OurEnglish idiomatic equal would be, “I wasn’t born yesterday.” “Oui, oui ! J’ai fait tous mes devoirs…” (Yes, yes! I’ve done all my homework…) “Et mon cul,...
These phenomena exhibit a distinct open-syllable pattern. French has rounded/unrounded contrasts between front vowels, phonemic nasal vowels and the voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/, this is the peculiarity of its phonology compared to other related languages. This article is one of my results of ...
Roger Federer is through to the third round at the French Open after calmly dispatching Marin Cilic 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-2 to become the oldest player to make the last thirty-two at a Grand Slam since Ken Rosewall in 1978. The win sees Federer move to a 1
Yesterday some new rules for our current Lockdown came into being, and for the first time in a month or so we are allowed to go further afield using the car for exercise. In need of some spiritual awareness and a desperate urge to see something different, I headed for one of my favou...
Yesterday I had a wonderful surprise …..an order from a lady in Georgia, USA, which given the enthusiasm of the Southern States for my guinea illustrations, mugs and fabrics, wasn’t in itself a surprise. I believe with their strong homesteading roots and often paired with religious fervour...
In this article, we present an overview of the presentations given at the meeting, keeping in mind that even more results and projects were presented during poster sessions (Table 1). The meeting was organised in three sessions dealing with research in the fields of (i) Molecular Interactions;...
Nadal Withdraws From French Open / Today at his eponymous academy on the Spanish island of Mallorca, Rafael Nadal made official what the tennis world has suspected for weeks. He will not be playing in the French Open, the major he has won 14 times, the site of his personal clay canvas ...
This is a striking and surprising book. With snatches of story and backstory told from diverse perspectives, as well as numerous digressions on big questions such as the purpose of art and how the fact that Kirundi has the same word for ‘tomorrow’ and ‘yesterday’ may elucidate the charac...