Month: September 2021

Jackie

Une Escroquerie: our daughter got scammed and is returning to France

Un Escroc, Escroquer, Une Escroquerie : a con (scammer), to cheat, a fraud L'ECOUTE: Practice your French Listening Skills. To hear the French in today's story, click below. Next, check your comprehension by viewing the vocabulary list (farther down). Listen to today's vocabulary in the following story. Click here A DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE by Kristi Espinasse Last Friday the 24th, after a day … Continue reading Une Escroquerie: our daughter got scammed and is returning to France

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Marriage

Celebrating today! + French for gentle, pleasant, sweet & Reader tips for a good relationship

Flying rice at our noces de mariage Today, Jean-Marc and I celebrate 27 years of marriage. Help us mark the occasion by sharing your best tip for relationships in the comments below. DOUX(doo)soft, sweet, gentle, pleasant, mellow Practice your French Listening Skills. Click to hear Jean-Marc read in French and English: Le mariage est comme le vin : doux, amer, intense, moelleux, acide ou plat. … Continue reading Celebrating today! + French for gentle, pleasant, sweet & Reader tips for a good relationship

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Grocery Store Encounters, Senior Citizens in France

A Beautiful Escape via the French word échapper belle

Today's story takes place in La Ciotat, not far from the beach.  ECHAPPER BELLE (ay-shap-ay bel)     : to have a close call, a lucky escape; to let off the hook L'ECOUTE: Practice your French Listening Skills. To hear the French in today's story, click below. Next, check your comprehension by viewing the vocabulary list (farther down). Listen to the vocabulary list, click here … Continue reading A Beautiful Escape via the French word échapper belle

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Family Life

The Members of our Family + recipe reminder: “La Tarte Tomate”

"Take a new road each day," Mom says. Like that, I discovered this quaint, unfamiliar rue on my way to our little Baptist church here in La Ciotat. The vine-flanked ruelle was as peaceful as the photo, with neighbors chatting at a window sill and laundry fluttering in the breeze.  TODAY'S WORD: un défaut (day-fo)     : fault, flaw, shortcoming, vice la curiosité est … Continue reading The Members of our Family + recipe reminder: “La Tarte Tomate”

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