œuf (uhf) nom, masculin

egg

expressions :
blanc d’œuf, egg-white
jaune d’œuf, egg yoke
œuf à la coque, soft boiled egg with runny yoke
œuf mollet, cooked until the yoke is smooth
oeuf dur, hard-boiled egg
œuf brouillés, scrambled egg
faire cuire un œuf to take a running jump (colloquial)
(literally to cook an egg)

« L'amour et les oeufs sont les meilleurs quand ils sont frais. » Russian proverb
« Love and eggs are best when they are fresh »

Pronunciation here is tricky...

Oeuf= euf
oeufs (pl)= euh (f is silent)

Thanks a million for that tip!

laid (leh), adj. masc. laide (lehd), adj. fem.

1. ugly
2. bad, not nice

expressions:
laid comme une chenille, ugly as a caterpillar
laid comme les sept péchés capitaux, ugly as the seven deadly sins

Le beau n'a qu'un type ; le laid en a mille.
Victor HUGO, Cromwell, préface
There is only one kind of beauty; there are a thousand of ugliness

Hugo uses "laid," as a noun just as in English we too might say "The ugly is of a thousand types."

How about "laid comme un pou?" That was the response of my amie Française when I asked her about Gérard Dépardieu. We had been discussing French actors.

A "pou" is a louse.

L'amie a raison! She's right!

donner (doh-neh), infinitive

to give (donner aux pauvres, to give to the poor)
to produce (Les fraises donnent cette année. The strawberries are bearing this year)

donnant, giving – pres. part.
donné, given – past part.

Present conjugation:
-je donne
-tu donnes
-il donne
-nous donnons
-vous donnez
-ils donnent

Proverbe
« Qui donne tôt donne deux fois. »
He gives twice who gives quickly.

Citations
« Il est possible de donner sans aimer, mais il est impossible à aimer sans donner. » Richard Braunstein
It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving.

« Il est une bonne chose de lire des livres of citations, car les citations lorsqu’elles sont gravées dans la mémoire vous donnent de bonnes pensées. » - Winston Churchill
It is a good thing to read from quotation books, because when quotations are engraved upon your memory they produce good thoughts.

« Le paradoxe, c’est le nom que les imbéciles donnent à la vérité. » -Paul Valéry
Paradox is the name idiots give to truth.

That picture of Gérard is still spooking me out

LOL

He's somewhat handsome in this black and white photo with Brigitte Fossey.

amitié (ah-mee-t'yeh), nom feminine

friendship

"Offrir l'amitié à qui veut l'amour, c'est donner du pain à qui meurt de soif." -Proverbe d'Espagne

Offering friendship to someone who wants love, is like giving bread to someone dying of thirst.

Right: Friendship and love are the only things which grow when shared.