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 101 French Idioms - Jean-Marie Cassagne
Newest Review: ... meaning of the idiom, a humorous cartoon depicting the literal translation of the idiom, and a short text, sometimes in the ... more  ... form of a dialogue, that uses the idiom in context. For example, 'Etre un bourreau des coeurs' is translated (literally) as 'to be an executioner of hearts' and the meaning is given as 'to be a Casanova, to be a lady-killer'. The illustration shows a hooded executioner holding a threatening axe above a terrified heart-shaped face, with three other heart-faces waiting in line, wondering if they too are about to come under the axe. The text describes an attractive, muscly, tall man by the name of Alan who is always being...more |
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101 French Idioms - Jean-Marie Cassagne: The French that textbooks don't teach you (902 words)
by - written on 29/12/06 (Very useful, 1133 readings)
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When I lived in Cairo, I often used to watch the local television news bulletin in English. Rain is a pretty rare occurrence there, so one evening the Egyptian newsreader thought that a particularly heavy downpour was worth commenting on. He decided to go for a familiar colloquial expression to appear like a native speaker, and came out with 'It's been raining dogs and cats.' It sounded so strange switching the order of the animals around, and next day at the English school where I taught everyone was have a chuckle over it. It is a difficult thing, getting colloquial language right in any language other than your own. I certainly don't remember being taught ... Read the complete review
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