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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2018 Les Voyageurs

Postby rdearman » Wed Feb 28, 2018 6:39 pm

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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2018 Les Voyageurs

Postby tastyonions » Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:01 pm

Carmody: You missed the most obvious one (for an English speaker) of this type: iridescent

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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2018 Les Voyageurs

Postby Carmody » Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:38 pm

That's ok, I miss a lot of really obvious things all the time-oh, sheep!
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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2018 Les Voyageurs

Postby smallwhite » Thu Mar 01, 2018 3:23 am

Carmody wrote:Excellent point; thank you.

I was not making any point, or hinting at anything. I was just saying I have a list similar to yours.

Thank you for your explanations. They're more or less what I've always happily believed, until my dictionaries said:

aaa = to glitter, shine
bbb = to glimmer, shine, gleam
ccc = to gleam, glow, shine, shimmer
ddd = to radiate, shine
etc

where "glitter" and "shine" would be the same word :| (They're Dutch words, btw, and verbs, not adjectives as I said earlier). I didn't even copy down all the definitions, or else I'd run out of hair to pull out.
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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2018 Les Voyageurs

Postby DaveBee » Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:55 am

'en faire les tonnes' > make a fuss about, exaggerate
J'adore comme série mais elle en fait des tonnes alexandra tjrs avoir raison tout décidé invivable....

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6M_fjd ... dUh4AaABAg

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads ... s.1506866/

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'faire chier quelqu'un' > to pester someone
Alex fait chier a mort

YouTube comment (same thread as link above)

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads ... r.1685982/
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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2018 Les Voyageurs

Postby tastyonions » Fri Mar 02, 2018 12:27 pm

DaveBee wrote:'en faire des tonnes' > make a fuss about, exaggerate

Along similar lines, "en faire tout un fromage": http://www.expressio.fr/expressions/en- ... romage.php

I love that the page gives equivalents in other languages, too. In German it would be "aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen" (faire d'une mouche un éléphant). And apparently French actually does have "faire une montagne d'une taupinière" (literal equivalent of English "make a mountain out of a molehill").
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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2018 Les Voyageurs

Postby wwiding » Sun Mar 04, 2018 10:21 am

Hi guys! It's been a while since I've posted but I figured I'd get on and let every one know I'm still around.


I haven't been doing much in French lately because I'm focusing on earning my CCNA at the minute. I do listen to French music on the way to and from work and I've recently started doing the active wave of Assimil New French with Ease since the lessons are short enough for me to do them in my limited spare time. When I complete the active wave, I may do something similar with Ultimate French Advanced.


I hope you're all doing well.
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« Mon idée pour le français »

Postby Jim » Sat Mar 10, 2018 3:39 pm

I received an email today entitled « Mon idée pour le français ». « Une consultation en ligne ouverte à tous ... Jusqu'au 20 mars 2018 proposez votre idée
pour promouvoir la langue française et le plurlinguisme dans le monde »

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  • Mon idée pour le français est une consultation en ligne lancée par la Présidence de la République Française et mise en oeuvre par l'Institut français, elle permet de recueillir des idées du monde entier pour promouvoir l'utilisation du français et le plurilinguisme
  • Les participations viendront alimenter un plan d'ensemble pour le français et le plurilinguisme dans le monde
  • Les auteurs des propositions les plus innovantes seront invités à Paris pour présenter leur idée dans le cadre de la mise en oeuvre du plan pour la langue française et du plurilinguisme (frais de transport et d'hébergement pris en charge).

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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2018 Les Voyageurs

Postby DaveBee » Mon Mar 12, 2018 8:55 pm

I've just learned that you can have a jury trial in France, I thought it was all investigating magistrates.
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In France, a defendant is entitled to a jury trial only when prosecuted for a felony (crime in French) that is an offence which may bring least 15 years' imprisonment (for natural persons) or a fine of €75,000 (for legal persons). The only court that tries by jury is the cour d'assises, in which three professional judges sit together with six or nine jurors. Conviction requires a two-thirds majority (six or eight votes).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_trial#France

(I started watching an episode of a french series called 'Vaugand', and was a little confused to hear the word 'jury' in a french court room scene. :-) )
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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2018 Les Voyageurs

Postby Speakeasy » Mon Mar 12, 2018 9:35 pm

DaveBee wrote: ... I started watching an episode of a french series called 'Vaugand', and was a little confused to hear the word 'jury' in a french court room scene.
The English word "jury" is derived from the Anglo-Norman word "jurée" ("sworn" in English) which itself is taken from the Middle Latin "iurata/iuro" for "I swear" or "I take an oath." Much of the standarized terminology of both the English and the French legal systems was adopted from Roman Law during the period that Rome occupied England and France. In the case of English usage, this linguistic effect was intensified following the Norman occupation of England, a sort of "doubling down" as it were.
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