une tarte

une tarte (tahrt) noun, feminine
1. a pie

adjective: stupid, ridiculous

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Expressions:
c’est pas de la tarte = it’s not that easy
prendre une tarte à la crème dans la figure = "to take a pie in the face"

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Proverb
C’est sur la partie brûlée de la tarte que l’on met le plus de sucre.
We put the most sugar on the burnt part of the pie.

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A Day in a French Life…

My poem "From here to there" (a few impressions on returning to the Valley from the Var) is now a chapter in this book!

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References: une récompense (f) = a reward; un livre (m) = a book; un bisous (m) = a kiss;  un  billet (m) = a bill (banknote); un sanglier (m) = wild boar; sair-veese kom-pree = pronunciation for service compris = tip included; pay-ee ah-dah-ptee (pays adopté) = adopted country


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