Max (last on right, green shirt) and friends playing Boules
la façon (fa-sahn) noun, feminine
1. way, manner
Hear today's word pronounced: Download facon.wav
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Expressions:
de toute(s) façon(s) = at any rate, anyway
sans façon = unpretentiously
faire des façons = to make a fuss
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Citation du Jour:
La façon la plus rapide de mettre fin à une guerre est de la perdre.
The quickest way to end a war is to lose it. --George Orwell
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A Day in a French Life...
Recommended Reading: don't miss the story, now a book, that originally accompanied this edition and included these French vocabulary words:
les bizarreries (fpl) = oddities; 37°C = 98.6°F; la douche (f) = shower; le soleil de Provence (m) = the Provence sun; Boules (a.k.a. "Pétanque") (fpl) = a traditional game played with heavy steel balls; le gratin (m) = casserole (of potatoes...); le drap (m) = sheet; les heures creuses (fpl) = off-peak periods; le mouton (m) = sheep
You will find the French word façon referenced in these books:
"Salt Cod, Southern-French Style (Morue à la Façon Méridionale)."
