une toquade
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
A French billboard...
une toquade (toh-kahd) noun, feminine
1. crush, infatuation
2. craze, fad
Expression
avoir une toquade pour quelqu'un = to have a crush on somebody
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Citation du Jour
Les verres d'eau ont les mêmes passions que les océans.
Glasses of water have the same passions as oceans. --Victor Hugo
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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.)
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*References: Maman, arrête. Tu me décoiffes! = Mom, stop it. You're messing up my hair!; beau = handsome; une toquade (f) = crush; pour le moment = for the time being
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