Category: Dental Issues

Dental Issues, Health, Health care

Alarming news at the Dentist’s + Jackie applies for Fashion school in Marseille

Thursday we went to Marseille for a few appointments. Jean-Marc took the opportunity to drive us through our old neighborhood, in Le Roucas Blanc (our first home was there on the left, behind the house with the blue shutters–at the end of the Impasse Gagliardo. On the hilltop, you are seeing the Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde). We also passed the church in which we were … Continue reading Alarming news at the Dentist’s + Jackie applies for Fashion school in Marseille

Kristin Espinasse64 Comments
Dental Issues, Writing

laquelle

Holiday progress report: I haven't begun to look for the santons (pictured last year)–and the box of ornaments is still waiting to be unpacked. Doubtful things will come together this season, but I do know where to find the recipe for this cake! Meantime, a story for you today about writing… and how to tell all those stories you've got up your sleeve–in one fell … Continue reading laquelle

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Dental Issues

How to say a “check-up” in French?

The golden light to the left is the sunset hitting the coastal fence. The golden light to the right is Smokey, enjoying our late afternoon walk. une visite de contrôle     : an inspection, check-up, follow-up visit Audio File: listen to Jean-Marc: Download MP3 or  Chez le dentiste, j'ai passé une visite de contrôle.At the dentist's, I had a check-up. A Day in a French Life… … Continue reading How to say a “check-up” in French?

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Dental Issues

brosse à dents

Brise-bise is not the word of the day… but it is the name for these kinds of "half curtains", the ones you see every so often while strolling through a village in France. brosse à dents (bros a don) noun, feminine     : toothbrush brosse à dents jetables = disposable toothbrushbrosse à dents électrique = electric toothbrush Audio File: listen to Jean-Marc read the … Continue reading brosse à dents

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Dental Issues, Encouragement, Japan, Jules, Kindness of strangers, Mexico, Stress

haut les coeurs!

Current events have us wearing our hearts on our former façades… and it's a good thing, n'est-ce pas? haut les coeurs (oh lay ker)     : lift up your spirit, take heart, be brave! have courage! Thank you, Carolyn Foote Edelmann, for today's French expression: Carolyn writes, in response to Monday's seisme post: Small thought – watching their dignity and fortitude, I think [the Japanese] may … Continue reading haut les coeurs!

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Dental Issues

composite dentaire + toothy expressions in French

                                               Chez le dentiste in Morocco.    composite dentaire (kom poh zeet dahn tair)    : a type of dental filling made up of composite materials  Audio File hear these French words via Wav or MP3 Un composite dentaire. J'ai perdu un composite dentaire.A filling. I lost a filling.  Correct Your … Continue reading composite dentaire + toothy expressions in French

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Dental Issues

coup de dent

 What is love? Photo taken yesterday, outside our kitchen window.  Free delivery of French Word-A-Day, direct to your in-box! If you haven't yet subscribed, take a moment and sign-up now (click here). And thank you for over a hundred Best Tips For Learning French. Don't miss them, here. ***   un coup de dent (koo-deuh-dahn)      : a nip (a little bite) .A Day in a … Continue reading coup de dent

Kristin Espinasse53 Comments
advice, Dental Issues

sablier

le sablier (sah-blee-yay) n.m.hour-glass, sand-glass; egg timer L'amour tue l'intelligence. Le cerveau fait sablier avec le coeur. L'un ne se remplit que pour vider l'autre. Love kills intelligence. The mind forms an hour-glass with the heart. One fills itself only to empty the other. –Jules Renard …………………………A Day in a French Life… "Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq*…" my daughter gurgles, brushing her teeth and counting … Continue reading sablier

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