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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... term benefit for the reader. Once one immediate need is met, another soon presents itself and requires another Band-Aid. Gone from memory is the first phrase, to be searched for again the next time the need arises. In addition to these ...
... term in the International Phonetic Alphabet to indicate the vowel sound of the first syllable of the English word “ago” (a—GOH). Thus, the French word casserole is pronounced as two syllables, kah—SaRAWL, and the English word “casserole ...
... term. He escaped imprisonment by fleeing to England, where he remained for a year. On Zola's return to France after receiving amnesty, he was given a hero's welcome. Thus, while Zola's literary reputation remains strong, it is his role ...
... term aide de camp is one among many specialized French military terms that have been taken into English unaltered or virtually unaltered. Consider colonel, colonel; capitaine, captain; sergent, sergeant; caporal, corporal—the list is a ...
... “be it so.” a l'abri (ah lah-BREE) under cover Literally, “under shelter,” either literally or figuratively. a la carte (ah lah kahrt) according to the menu A restaurant term indicating that dishes are ordered—and paid for—