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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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Ecureuil, Pronunciation Fears, and most difficult French words to pronounce (read aloud by Jean-Marc!)

Scroll down for the list of hard-to-pronounce French words, and listen to the sound file. Be sure to sign up for the weekly newsletter filled with useful everyday French vocabulary!We begin this edition with a quote from a reader: When I studied French decades ago, I was told by one prof that during the war, écureuil was a test word used to ascertain whether the … Continue reading Ecureuil, Pronunciation Fears, and most difficult French words to pronounce (read aloud by Jean-Marc!)

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At the Doctor's, Guilt, Health, Vaccinations

la piqure

Have you been vaccinated lately? As an adult, the DPT vaccination "rappel" or "booster" is every ten years… more in today's story. Thank you, David and Susan Howell, for the photo, above (part of Saturday's Cinéma Vérité gallery… Don't miss it!.  la piqûre (pee kyer)     : prick, sting, bite;  injection faire une piqûre à quelqu'un = to give somebody an injection Audio file: Listen … Continue reading la piqure

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Milestones, Paris, Public Speaking

une idée fausse

Shakespeare and Company: an historic expat bookstore in Paris. Still soaring from the high of speaking at the American Library… I marched right into Shakespeare & Co. (before Fear had a chance to bully me and lie to me again…) and offered up my new public speaking services… To get this new gig–I acted as if–as if I had the confidence and composure of a … Continue reading une idée fausse

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Milestone in French

It was a dream come true to speak in Paris at the American Library. Read on, in today's story column. (Picture taken with my camera after the speaking event, as Jean-Marc and I walked back to our hotel.) jalon (le jah-lohn) noun, masculine     : milestone   A Day in a French Life…by Kristin Espinasse The night before last I stood outside the American Library … Continue reading Milestone in French

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