The Tuesday market in Lorgues (southeast France)

le portefeuille (pohr-tuh-fuhy) noun, masculine
  1. wallet, billfold, pocket-book; portfolio

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Expressions:
avoir un portefeuille bien garni = to be well-off
mettre la main au portefeuille = to fork out (money)

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Citation du Jour:
L’homme a perdu son âme et la cherche au fond de son portefeuille…
Man has lost his soul and looks for it deep inside his wallet…
                                             –Normand Rousseau
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A Day in a French Life…

(The story that originally appeared here, along with the vocabulary, below, is now a part of this book!)
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*References: cent soixante euros = one hundred sixty euros; le billet (m) = banknote; rapé = grated; la confiture (f) = jam; deux pour un = two for one; le congélateur (m) = freezer; ouf! = phew!; le four (m) = oven; le thon (m) = tuna; la crevette (f) = shrimp; mais, non! = absolutely not!; le portefeuille (m) = wallet