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The following words are commonly used and included in French dictionaries. le pull: E. pullover, sweater, jersey. le shampooing, [1] the shampoo; le scoop, in the context of a news story or as a simile based on that context. While the word is in common use, the Académie française recommends a French synonym, "exclusivité". [2] le selfie.
a surprise attack. In French, [donner] un coup de main means "[to give] a hand" (to give assistance). Even if the English meaning exists as well (as in faire le coup de main), it is old-fashioned. coup d'état (pl. coups d'état) a sudden change in government by force; literally "hit (blow) of state."
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous. The standard test for synonymy is substitution: one form can be ...
The actual word Joual is the representation of how the word cheval (Standard French: , ' horse ') is pronounced by those who speak Joual. ("Horse" is used in a variation of the phrase parler français comme une vache ' to speak French like a cow ' , i.e. to speak French terribly; hence, a put-down of the Québécois dialect.)
a single measure of whisky or other distilled spirit (used mostly in Scotland, derived from the Scots word 'hauf') fifty percent/0.5 times. large bottle of spirits ("a half of bourbon"), traditionally 1/2 of a US gallon, now the metric near-equivalent of 1750 mL; also "handle" as such large bottles often have a handle
Wolverine Packing Co. has recalled more than 167,000 pounds of ground beef products because of possible E. coli contamination. As of Nov. 20, 15 people have been reported ill.
“I use those words to this day,” Williams said. “Once I got the starting spot and I kept working, kept going. That’s all you can do. That’s all we can do. Keep going, keep our head down ...
Meet the top turkey of the dog world. Vito the Pug won Best in Show at the 23rd annual National Dog Show Presented by Purina, which aired on Nov. 28 after the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.. The ...