The next word goes out on Tuesday–à bientôt.
la toile (twal) noun, feminine
1. cloth, canvas
2. web
3. ‘les toiles’ = sails (boat, windmill)
Also:
une toile d’araignée = a spider’s web, cobweb
la Toile = the Web (internet)
la toile de lin/de coton = linen/cotton cloth
la toile de fond = backdrop, backcloth
derrière la toile = behind the curtain
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Expressions:
se faire une toile* = to go and see a film
se mettre dans les toiles* = to hit the hay (to go to bed)
*the first expression comes from the term ‘une toile d’un écran’ (screen); toile also means "piece of cloth" or–in the second expression–"sheet" ("to hit the sheets")
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Citation du Jour
Le temps, c’est la toile dont je suis à la fois l’araignée et la mouche.
Time, it is the web in which I am at once the spider and the fly. –Jacques Lesourne
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