cuver

Pradel cabanon = Pradel shack (c) Kristin EspinasseThe favorite cabanon I told you about the other day. (photo, left)

cuver (koo-vay) verb
  1. to ferment
  2. to sleep it off

Expressions:
cuver son vin = "to ferment one’s wine," to sleep it off
cuver sa colère = to sleep, work or walk off one’s anger, to simmer
down

Citation du Jour:
L’humanité est une vieille ivrognesse qui, pour le moment, cuve sa dernière guerre.
              Humanity is an old drunkard who, for the moment, sleeps off its last war.
–Jules Romains


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