a before-meal drink (in familiar French, it is shortened as "un apéro").appellation contrôlée supervised use of a name. For the conventional use of the term, see Appellation d'Origine Contrôléeaprès moi, le déluge remark attributed to Louis XV of France; used in reference to th...
Over the years, the English language has borrowed a great number of French words and expressions. Some of this vocabulary has been so completely absorbed by English that speakers might not realize its origins. Other words and expressions have retained their "Frenchness" - a certain je ne sais ...
We entered the outskirts of the city. He pointed outSacre Coeurperched on a hilltop and I caught a glimpse of the tip of theTour Eiffelbefore he could point it out to me, jutting out of a maze of narrow streets and tall buildings. I sat up straighter in my seat. Paris unleashes a ...
The entire process, from filing my initial application to receiving my licence took just under three months. This left me plenty of time before my original licence ran out (but bear in mind, I started the process as early as I was allowed!). P...
assigner qn en justice to summons sb to appear before the court assigner qnà résidence to put sb under house arrest II.s'assigner VB refl s'assigner refl: assigner un objectif/un but to set oneself an objective/a goal I.désigner [deziɲe] VB trans View verb table 1. désigner...
“completely bilingual,” which I defined as nothing short of 100% fluency in reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension. I dreamt of accent-free French for my kids, and for me – maybe every tenth word or so would hint that I’m not French and give me a sexy, subtle accent that ...
The problems that the knights face centre on their inability to interpret the aventures before them and perceive how they should react: they are problems of logic. This article argues that in the Old French Grail narratives the aventures that the knights encounter function according to a ...
In 1915 he cast Musidora as Irma Vep (an anagram of the word vampire) in his crime serial masterpiece, Les Vampires. Clad head-to-toe in a form-fitting black leotard and wearing an executioner’s mask, Musidora caused a sensation as a femme fatale and the partner of the Grand Vampire ...
Jody:Top-down stealth set in feudal Japan. Shadow Tactics is a game of ninja stars and distracting tanuki, where you stab a guard and drag him back into a bush before a cherry blossom hits the ground. You have mastered the art of invisibility, and nobody needs to know it took four qu...
Celebration before Lent ménage à trois"household of three" Three people in a relationship together; a threesome mise en abyme"putting into (an) abyss" An image repeated within its own image, as with two facing mirrors. mot juste"right word" ...