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#169514 - 05/06/08 08:19 PM Re: Un Mot par Jour [Re: Gail]
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Originally Posted By: Gail
Dali- A-t-il raison?
Oui et non.
Certains pensent qu'il n'avait pas toute sa raison!
Mais, je pense qu'il a raison parfois.

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#169515 - 05/06/08 08:28 PM Re: Un Mot par Jour [Re: D. Allan]
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Oui, il était sûrement un drôle de gars...
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And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Isaiah 32:17

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#169520 - 05/06/08 10:04 PM Re: Un Mot par Jour [Re: Gail]
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poète masc. = poet

poème masc. = poem

poésie fem. = poetry, poem

écrire de la poésie = to write poetry
mémorisation de poésie = memory verse

« La poème est un grappe d’images. » - Gaston Bachelard
A poem is a cluster of images.

« Je serai poète et toi poésie... » - Français COPPÉE, Poèmes divers (Lemerre; S. G. L.), Ritournelle I'll be a poet and you, poetry....

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#169596 - 05/08/08 12:04 AM Re: Un Mot par Jour [Re: D. Allan]
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coup (koo) masc. noun . The word describes a blow, a knock, punch, jab, strike; a rapid movement; and also is used to speak of an emotional blow as in ‘Cela m’en donné un coup!’ (It gave me such a shock!)
The picture at right shows a coup de pied, a blow of the foot, a kick.

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à coup de prep. phrase, = with blows of. ex. « Faire une traduction à coups de dictionnaire. » to look up every word in the dictionary in translating a passage.
coups et blessures (blows and wounds) = assault and battery
coup des dents (blow of the teeth) = bite
coup d’épée (blow of straight sword) = thrust, lunge
coup d’ épée dans l’eau (thrust in the water) = useless, futile attempt
coup de feu (blow of fire) = shot (gun)
coup de foudre (blow of lightning) = love at first sight
coup de froid (blow of cold) = cold snap
coup d’oeil (blow of eye) = glance
coup de plume (blow of pen) = stroke of a pen
coup de sang (blow of blood) = stroke
coup de soleil (blow of sun) = sun burn
coup de tête (blow of head) an impulsive act
coup de vent (blow of wind) = puff, gust of wind
du coup = now at last, “Du coup je comprends.” Now at last I understand.
encore un coup = once again
sur le coup = outright, on the spot. « Il tué sur le coup. » He was killed on the spot
tout à coup = all of a sudden

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#169597 - 05/08/08 12:13 AM Re: Un Mot par Jour [Re: D. Allan]
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I like handy words like this :)
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#169642 - 05/08/08 07:00 PM Re: Un Mot par Jour [Re: Gail]
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manière (mahn - nyehr) feminine

way, mode, manner, behavior

manières f. pl. manners (social)
bonnes manières f. pl good manners
maniéré adj. mannered, affected, showy

« les bonnes manières ne sont pas qu'un signe d'éducation, c'est une marque de respect envers les autres. »
Good manners are not only an indication of education, they are signs of respect toward others.

Qu'il est difficile de proposer une chose au jugement autre sans corrompre son jugement par la manière de la lui proposer ! – Blaise Pascal, Pensées
How difficult to offer something to another’s judgment without influencing his judgment by the manner of proposing it to him !

Adolphe dit la vérité de la seule manière de la dire : en riant. – Honoré De Balzac, Petites Misères de la Vie Conjugale
Adolphe told the truth the only way to tell it: while laughing.

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#169643 - 05/08/08 07:12 PM Re: Un Mot par Jour [Re: D. Allan]
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Ce n'est pas les bonnes manières à manger de l'assiette du chat!

It's not good manners to eat from the cat's plate!


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#169646 - 05/08/08 07:19 PM Re: Un Mot par Jour [Re: D. Allan]
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Hahaha great photo

What about the cats who climb onto the kitchen counter? Who gave them THEIR manners?
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#169683 - 05/09/08 03:07 AM Re: Un Mot par Jour [Re: Gail]
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I've known cats with bad manners. My wife teaches them quickly!

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#169716 - 05/09/08 04:31 PM Re: Un Mot par Jour [Re: D. Allan]
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Je vous souhaite un bonjour à souhait !


souhaiter (soo-eh-teh), v. tr.

to wish, hope for, desire (for oneself or for another or others)

souhaitant (soo-eh-tahng) wishing
souhaité (soo-eh-teh) wished, desired, hoped for
souhait , (soo-eh), noun, masculine, a wish, desire, hope
à souhait = according to one’s wishes
à souhait = as much as possible
avoir tout à souhait = to have everything one can wish for
à tes souhait / à vos souhaits = familiar idiom addressed to someone who sneezes. Bless you! (also Dieu vous benisse ! is used on the occasion of a sneeze.)

« Je vous souhaite une bonne et heureuse année »
I wish you a good and happy New Year.

« La nuit était comme noire à souhait. » (TRIOLET, Prem. accroc, 1945, p. 260).
The night was as black as it could be.

« il serait plus sage de souhaiter de la santé, de la joie, et une longue vie. » -Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont, Conte des trois souhaits
It would be wiser to wish for health, joy and a long life.

« il resta sagement assis à son pupitre, dans un silence anormalement rêveur, ne souhaitant qu'une chose : qu'on le laisse en paix. » – Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Ce genre de réunion
He remained wisely seated at his desk, in an unnaturally dreamy silence, wishing but one thing: that they leave him in peace.

“Where there is great love, there are always wishes.” Willa Cather
Où il y a grand amour, là il y a toujours souhaites.


Synonymes: ambitionner, aspirer, avoir, desirer, espérer, guigner, lorgner, rêver, solliciter, viser, vouloir.

je souhaite I wish
tu* souhaites you wish
il souhaite he wishes
nous souhaitons we wish
vous souhaitez you wish
ils souhaitent they wish

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