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Lèvre: lip in French, new video (recipe demo with Smokey)

No matter how hard I try, I can't make today's image match today's word. Picture taken at Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris. une lèvre (levr)     : lip du bout des lèvres = half-heartedly Audio File: listen to Jean-Marc pronouce today's word, the expression, and this sentence: Download MP3 or Wav file Elle a des lèvres expressives. She has expressive lips. A Day in a French Life… … Continue reading Lèvre: lip in French, new video (recipe demo with Smokey)

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claquer

                                          Recently, in Paris. claquer (klah-kay)     : to slam Audio File: Hear Jean-Marc pronounce the following sentence: Download Souler or listen to the Wav file Ils n'arrêtent pas de claquer les portes et de hurler. Ça me soûle! They don't stop slamming the doors and shouting. It's driving … Continue reading claquer

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librairie

 Thank you, Robin Katsaros, for photographing my talk at Shakespeare & Co. and for hosting me & Jean-Marc (left, Kristin Espinasse; center, Heather Hartley (poet & Shakespeare speakerine), and Jean-Marc). librairie (lee-brare-ee) noun, feminine     : bookstore, bookshop Attention! Careful not to confuse "la library" with "la bibliothèque" (or "library") A Day in a FRENCH Life… by Kristin Espinasse If Shakespeare and Company, that historic bookshop on … Continue reading librairie

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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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