A bridge in Callas, France (similar to the one in today’s story)

un fleuve (fluhv) noun, masculine
1. river

adjective: lengthy, interminable

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Expressions:
un roman-fleuve = a saga (novel)
un discours fleuve = a lengthy speech

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Citation du Jour:
Le temps est comme un fleuve, il ne remonte pas à sa source.
Time is like a river, it does not return back to its source. –Rivarol

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A Day in a French Life…

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*References: le pont (m) = bridge; doucement = easy does it; cheval (chevaux) (m) = horse; kan-oh-ay = pronunciation for (le) canoë (canoe); à pied = on foot; la libellule (f) = dragonfly; le caneton (m) = duckling; le nénuphar (m) = water-lily; le fleuve (f) = river; le papillon (m) = butterfly; le peuplier (m) = poplar, aspen tree; vidaubanais = of Vidauban (small town in the Var region of
France); à sa façon = in her own way