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abricot

Monday, July 04, 2005

l'abricotier - the apricot tree (c) Kristin Espinasse Not an abricotier... just another tree, another day.

un abricot (ah-bree-koh) noun, masculine
  1. apricot

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Also: abricotier = apricot tree

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Expressions:
cueillir des abricots = to pick apricots

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Proverb
Une bouchée du fruit d'immortalité vaut mieux qu'une indigestion d'abricots.
A mouthful of the fruit of immortality is better than an apricot indigestion.

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A Day in a French Life...

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une tache

Friday, July 01, 2005

       la Mediterranee = Mediterranean Sea (c) Kristin Espinasse
         At a restaurant along Nartelle Beach in Ste-Maxime

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une tache (tash) noun, feminine

  1. a mark, spot, blotch
  2. a stain
  3. a jerk

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Also:
sans tache = spotless, unblemished (reputation)
une tache d'huile = an oily mark, oil stain
une tache de graisse = a grease mark
une tache d'encre = an ink stain
une tache de vin = a wine stain, a strawberry mark (on the skin)
une tache de rousseur = a freckle
une tache de sang = a bloodstain

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Expressions:
faire tache = to stick out like a sore thumb
faire tache d'huile = to gain ground

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Citation du Jour:
La boue peut cacher un rubis, elle ne le tache pas.
Mud can hide a ruby, it does not stain it.
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A Day in a French Life...

(The story that originally appeared here, with the vocabulary below, is now part the book "Words in a French Life: Lessons in Love and Language from the South of France". Order a copy here.


French Vocabulary:
le taboulé = tabbouleh
le jambon = ham
une tomate = a tomato
le fromage = cheese
le pain =  bread
la télé = the TV
le midi = noon
une pub = a commercial
une veste = a jacket
le rouge à lèvres = lipstick
les taches de chocolat = chocolate stains
la pelouse = the grass
le maquillage = makeup
un papa = a dad
n'importe quoi = hogwash, rubbish (nonsense)
déçu = disappointed

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