Etiket: Expressions
attacks, incivility and expressions of suicidal intent by users up 12% compared to 2022
Nearly 16,000 reports of assault were reported by employees last year through the 900 agencies in France. Published on 04/26/2024 05:00 Update on 04/26/2024 06:12 Reading time: 2 min The…
Quebecois expressions in comics
Hey, here’s an unusual collaboration: the Trésor de la langue française au Québec (TLFQ) research group is teaming up with around twenty local cartoonists to highlight typically Quebecois expressions. Updated…
“I can no longer stand his facial expressions”, Camille Lellouche violently criticized after her cover of Charles Aznavour at Sidaction
The association has existed for 30 years. And for as many years as everyone dreams of it disappearing, a sign that the disease has been eradicated. Unfortunately, AIDS is still…
A card game to demystify Quebec expressions
“Get a job”. “Keep it dead.” ” Give me one lift »… Quebec French is full of colorful expressions, but sometimes disconcerting for a newcomer, even a French speaker. A…
The books of Roald Dahl, the author of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, rewritten to remove sensitive expressions in English editions
References to weight, gender or racial issues will be removed from the original texts of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” or “Matilda”. These changes do not affect the French versions…
edging, wheel sucking, groupetto, cycling expressions and jargon
Riding a “potato hunter”, “border”, “gruppetto”… Here are as many more or less known expressions that you will read and hear during the Tour de France 2022 to follow on…
Emmanuel Macron: Posture and confusing expressions during the debate with Marine Le Pen
For the second time in five years, Emmanuel Macron found himself face to face with Marine Le Pen for the presidential debate. This time however, the two protagonists are more…
Jérôme Commandeur deciphers Bordeaux expressions on France Bleu Gironde
Jérôme Commmandeur loves words. The comedian proves it on stage and in the cinema. Accustomed to the French language, he likes to dissect expressions. If the famous “good courage” does…
350 Judeo-Alsatian expressions translated and commented
After “laughing to repair the world” by Freddy Raphaël, La Nuée Bleue is releasing a second book on Alsatian Judaism, a book somewhat resembling the first in its composition, could…
The (sometimes well hidden) expressions of Art Nouveau in Nancy
We know the great classics, including the Ecole de Nancy museum, in the spa district, or the Villa Majorelle. But there are relatively unknown nuggets. This is the case of…
Face to Baba: Sarah Knafo coaches Eric Zemmour live, his facial expressions are the buzz
The influence and importance of Sarah Knafo is no secret, it is she who takes the light when the family of the polemicist prefers to stay in the shadows, the…
Expressions to eat
“Des expressions à croquer” is a 10-part series devoted to expressions of the French language that refer to foods or the way they are cooked. The story behind these expressions…