un mendiant
Thursday, May 05, 2005
un mendiant, une mendiante (mon-dee-ahn, mon-dee-ahnt) noun
1. a beggar
2. mixed dried fruit (on a chocolate base)
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Citation du Jour
Mendiants ou rois, tous acteurs de la même grande comédie.
Beggars or kings, we are all actors in the same 'grande comédie'.
--Annemarie Schwarzenbach
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A Day in a French Life...
(The story that originally appeared here, with the French vocabulary (below) is now a part of this book -- Don't miss it!)
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*References: Ricard = a brand of pastis (anise-flavored alcohol) from Marseilles
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