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Les échos du vin

The grape harvest is over. Now let’s move on to expressions about wine. Here are a few.

A few sentences to help you understand:

  • Pour éviter les conflits, elle a décidé de mettre de l’eau dans son vin et de faire des compromis.
  • Nous sommes ravis d’être invités au vin d’honneur de leur mariage.
  • Il est accusé d’avoir versé des pots-de-vin pour obtenir le contrat.
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La règle de Mbappé

French spelling can sometimes be quite difficult to learn. However, you will easily remember this rule thanks to the French footballer Mbappé: write ‘m’ instead of ‘n’ before the letters ‘m’, ‘b’, and ‘p’. For example: ‘champion’ (and not ‘chanpion’).

Here are some other examples:

  • ‘tomber’ (and not ‘tonber’),
  • ‘comprendre’ (and not ‘conprendre’),
  • ‘important’ (and not ‘inportant’).”
  • ‘immense’ (and not ‘inmense’),
  • ‘immobile’ (and not ‘inmobile’)
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Le verlan

Verlan is a type of French slang that involves reversing the syllables of a word. The term ‘verlan’ itself comes from the French word ‘l’envers,’ meaning ‘reverse.’ Here are a few examples to illustrate how it works:

You will come across multiple examples in everyday life. Here are a few more:

  • Reuch – cher (expensive)
  • Tromé – métro (subway)
  • Laisse béton – laisse tomber (forget it, drop it)
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