Vocabulary in the News: Understanding Key Phrases

Posted by on Feb 22, 2025 in French | 0 comments

Shambles
‘It’s a shambles’: Data shows most asylum seekers are placed in the poorest parts of Britain.


Noun, uncountable: Something done incompetently; a disaster.

Spanish Translation: Desastre nm

  • The event was a complete shambles.
  • El evento fue un desastre total.

Noun, uncountable: A mess or disorder.

Disorder nm, chaos nm, mess nm, (Argentina, vulgar) quilombo nm

  • The flat was a shambles after the party.
  • Después de la fiesta, el apartamento había quedado en completo desorden.


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NAFTA: Boosting Trade, Growth, and Prosperity in North America

Posted by on Feb 21, 2025 in French | 0 comments

NAFTA: Fueling Economic Growth in North America

NAFTA: Creating one of the world’s largest free trade zones and laying the foundations for strong economic growth and rising prosperity for Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Since then, NAFTA has demonstrated how free trade increases wealth and competitiveness, delivering real benefits to families, farmers, workers, manufacturers, and consumers.

The NAFTA partners have created this website to provide Canadians, Americans, and Mexicans with information

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Common English Translation Errors and Corrections

Posted by on Feb 21, 2025 in French | 0 comments

crowded: overcrowded

absurdly: ludicrously

save: save

Garlic: garlic

German: German

German: German

Widely: widely

animate: Encourage

off: turn off

appear: turn up

Arab Saudi: Saudi Arabia

burn: blaze

Argentina: Argentinian

Wardrobe: cupboard

Rice: Rice

roast: roast

jam: traffic jam

Headphones: Headphones

waste: litter

beat: beat

wallet: ballet

Soft: Soft

search: look for

Knight: knight

global warming: global warming

Canada: Canadian

tired: tiring

tired: weary

Almost: nearly

shopping-center: shopping mall

by: nearby

pig: pork

Mandarin

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French School Vocabulary: Essential Terms for Students

Posted by on Feb 20, 2025 in French | 0 comments

French School Vocabulary: Essential Terms

Abandonner une matière = drop a subject

Activités extra-sco = after-school activity

Agenda = diary

Aider quelqu’un à faire quelque chose = help somebody to do something

Aller à l’école = go to school

Aller à l’uni = get into university

Année sabbatique = gap year

Apprendre de ses erreurs = learn from mistakes

Arriver à faire = keep up with

Avoir des ennuis = get into trouble

Avoir un diplôme = have a degree

Bac = A level

Bibliothèque = library

Bien s’entendre

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Vocabulary and Idioms: A Comprehensive List

Posted by on Feb 12, 2025 in French | 0 comments

Idioms and Slang

Idioms

  • Run in the family: Ve de família
  • Blood is thicker than water: Unió de sang
  • Settle in/put down roots: Echar raíces
  • Settle down: Establir-se
  • Past your/its time: Se t’ha passat l’hora
  • Live in the past: Viure al passat
  • Call the shots: Make important decisions
  • Get your own way: Poder fer el teu camí
  • Play it safe: Jugar segur
  • Jump at the chance: Qui no s’arrisca no pisca
  • Miss the boat: Perdre el tren
  • (Be) out of luck: No estar de sort

Slang

  • Cheers: Adéu/Hola/Sort
  • Damn it!: Casum l’olla
  • And
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Understanding Love, Relationships, and Marriage

Posted by on Feb 9, 2025 in French | 0 comments

Expressions of Love

  • I love you (to love): aimer
  • (to) have a soft spot for you: s’en pincer pour
  • I fancy her (to fancy): avoir envie
  • A hell of a lot: énormément
  • I adore you (to adore): adorer
  • Taken a fancy to you (to take a fancy to): s’enticher de
  • (to have) a crush on: être fou de
  • Head over heels: éperdument
  • In love with you (to be in love with): être amoureux de
  • Lost my heart to (to lose your heart to): perdre son coeur à
  • Infatuated: amoureux fou
  • Captivated: fasciné
  • Nuts about: fou de
  • Am mad about you
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