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Apr
30
2012
vachement...
a colloquial alternative to très
One of our listeners asked for more information about the word vachement.… Read More
Apr
22
2012
Les présidentielles
The French are voting for a new president
... and that's the topic of conversation in our lesson just released.… Read More
Apr
13
2012
de nouveaux films, de gros problèmes, de vieilles maisons
... but, des gros mots
One of our listeners wondered about two expressions that surfaced in Lesson 133.… Read More
Apr
03
2012
demi, demie
… sometimes a noun, sometimes an adjective, sometimes an adverb!
demi and demie are very common in French but are also the source of confusion for learners. Let's take a closer look.… Read More
Apr
01
2012
faire bouillir la marmite
'to bring home the bacon'
The verb bouillir means 'to boil' while une marmite is a pot. The expression faire bouillir la marmite is used figuratively in reference to someone who is the breadwinner or who 'brings home the bacon'. Consider some uses of the verb bouillir:… Read More
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Recent Lessons
Lesson no: 201, Level: Intermediate
La covid-19 : une crise inédite
Our conversation this time is about something which has been central to our lives around the world since the beginning of the year. We are speaking, of course, about the coronavirus pandemic.
Lesson no: 200, Level: Intermediate
The subject of this, our 200th lesson!, is the opioid crisis in the U.S. which has reached quite shocking proportions. How did it come to this? Let’s start with a conversation.
Lesson no: 199, Level: Intermediate
Les ‘décroissants’, c’est qui?
Our conversation this time focuses on people who are referred to as ’les décroissants’. But who exactly are ‘les décroissants’? To find out, let’s start with a conversation.
Lesson no: 198, Level: Intermediate
One of our listeners was taking up a position as a teacher in a pre-school in France and asked if we would put together some expressions and vocabulary that might be used in a dialogue between the teacher and a parent. Let’s consider one such conversation.
Lesson no: 197, Level: Intermediate
Quand ‘l’Afrique’ a gagné la Coupe du Monde!
Our lesson this time goes back to a joke made by chat-show host Trevor Noah last summer, following the World cup. The only thing is, some people didn’t find his joke funny at all, not least the French ambassador in Washington. So what was it all about, again? Let’s start, as usual, with a conversation to put things in context.
