Category: Mode d’Emploi

Enfants, Mode d'Emploi, Pensées

un écart

My daughter Jackie turned seven ("l’âge de raison") on Saturday. She is back today with her column "Thoughts of a Little Girl from France" (in French and English). un écart (ay-kar) noun, masculine1. distance apart, gap Expressions:faire le grand écart = to do the splitsfaire un écart = to step asideun écart de conduite = a lapse of conduct, misdemeanorécarts de jeunesse = youthful indiscretionsun … Continue reading un écart

Kristin Espinasse
Mode d'Emploi

un jeton

un jeton (zhuh-toh) noun, masculine 1. a token; counter; chip 2. a dent (i.e.: la voiture a pris un jeton/the car was dented) Expressions: un faux jeton = a hypocrite toucher ses jetons = to draw one’s fees avoir les jetons = to have the jitters Also: un jeton de caddie = a token for a shopping cart …………………………… Citation du Jour: Un conquérant est … Continue reading un jeton

Kristin Espinasse