Les Bons Mots: How to Amaze Tout Le Monde with Everyday FrenchHenry Holt and Company, 2013 M09 17 - 336 páginas Les Bons Mots will help you add the piece de resistance to any conversation. |
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... gives alternative translations and, where judged to be helpful to the reader, a literal translation plus interesting ancillary information. The most important consideration in shaping this book was to choose among the thousands of ...
... give you something close to the pronunciation of the French article un, in the text of this book pronounced oen. Another way to approximate the sound of 0e in oen is to put your lips in the position used in pronouncing the short English ...
... gives you a gift, you know it ain't nice to ask the donor how much the gift is worth. a coeur ouvert (ah kuhr oo-VAIR) unreservedly Also translated as “without holding anything back" and, literally, “with open heart." We are told that ...
... gives us the following phrases: affaire d'amour (dah—MOOR) is a love affair, as is affaire de coeur (duu kuhr), which has the literal meaning of “affair of the heart." Affaire de moeurs (duu muhr, “of morals") is a sex scandal or sex ...
... gives rise to a number of interesting phrases: ami de cour (duu koor) translates as “false friend,” “superficial friend” and, literally, “court friend,” which indicates how people viewed the politics of court life back when there were ...