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Unlocking French language: simple advice for avoiding faux amis

The English word bless would be bénir in French, whereas their word blesser is to injure.



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Fun Ideas for Improving Your French

Let’s say you’ve covered the basics of French grammar and have built up a small…


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Unlocking French language: simple advice for avoiding faux amis - Part Three

Part three of our series on faux amis - these false friends will always be…


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Unlocking French language: simple advice for avoiding faux amis - Part Two

How good is your French? Not only do some words mean something totally different but…



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Pourquoi parler français, c’est sexy (parfois)

Les quelques mots prononcés, dépourvus de leur sens, s’imprègnent des fantasmes de l’interlocuteur, nourris par…
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Unlocking French language: Faux amis et vrais amis

When an English-speaking person says they don’t speak French, they in fact use around 1500…
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How do you translate French culture?

"You're so... nationalistic," he said. "Patriotic," I corrected, but the comment stuck with me and…
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Secrets to sounding like a native: demystifying French expressions - Part 6

So you don’t really understand classic French expressions? Not to worry, we're here to dissect and help you understand the expressions anchored in the language of Molière.

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"Les questions sont jamais indiscrètes. Mais parfois les réponses le sont. Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are."

Oscar Wilde. Translation

Idiomes

Avoir la gueule de bois To have a wooden face - (well, actually, "une gueule" is an animal's mouth) - or to be hungover.
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