How to say kleptomaniac in French?

La Grotte – the restaurant at the end of Marseilles located dans les Calanques de Callelongue (les Goudes) un kleptomane (klepto-man)     : kleptomaniac Audio File: Listen to the sentence below: Download MP3 or Wav file Un kleptomane ne peut se retenir de dérober des objets, la plupart du temps sans aucune valeur. A kleptomaniac cannot help himself from lifting objects that are, for the most part, … Continue reading How to say kleptomaniac in French?

enflure

Shade in Sicily. More photos of Italy in this weekend's Cinema Vérité..  enflure (on-fler) noun, feminine : swelling (of cheek, etc) also enfler (to swell) and enflé = (swollen) Sound File and Example Sentence: Download Wav or MP3 Notre chien a été piqué par une abeille. Sa "bosse," c'est l'enflure d'une piqûre. Our dog was stung by a bee. His "bump," it is the swelling of a sting. … Continue reading enflure

The Yogurt Cake Caper

Can’t you just smell the clay? You’ve heard the expression “to smell a rat” but did you know the French equivalent: “subodorer quelque chose”? With that in mind, today’s word, “subodorer” makes perfect scents, or rather, “sense”! Imagine that “rat” below you (sub) and stinking (odor) of just stolen cheese: subodorer.Another way to remember today’s word (subodorer = suspect/scent) is this: when we suspect something, … Continue reading The Yogurt Cake Caper