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Driving

Flic: A near-collision with the cops!

Thank you, Eileen DeCamp, for your photo vignette of Jean-Marc's wine & my First French Essais! Eileen titled her picture, "Two of my favorite things!!!" With any chance, Eileen's photo, taken on Seabrook Island, SC, will work better than my publicity stunt, filmed here near Bandol! le flic (fleek)     cop Audio File: listen to Jean-Marc pronounce today's word and example sentenceDownload Flic or Wav A Toulon, j'ai … Continue reading Flic: A near-collision with the cops!

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Culture, Driving, Morocco

Trajet: Drivers, travelling in Morocco, and the road to Marrakesh

In contrast to the chaos in today's story, we'll begin with a peaceful glimpse of Morocco. Read on, now, for another 'picture'! (Photo taken two years ago, on a family trip.) le trajet (trah jay)     : trip, journey In books: French Demystified…simple enough for a beginner but challenging enough for a more advanced student. Order your copy here. Audio File: Listen to Jean-Marc Download MP3 or Wav file … Continue reading Trajet: Drivers, travelling in Morocco, and the road to Marrakesh

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Driving

poix (pitch) + Night blindness while driving

Braise, Smokey, and family wish you bonne fêtes… "many happy returns"! If Smokey looks a little pained in this picture, it is the photographer that is troubling him: why, he wonders, is her cross-eyed face contorting like that? Wouldn't "Cheese!" or "Ouistiti!" be just as effective in getting us to smile? How she troubles herself!  poix (pwah) noun, feminine     : pitch noir comme poix … Continue reading poix (pitch) + Night blindness while driving

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