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What are idioms? Formulaic language Idioms are a type of formulaic language. Formulaic language consists of fixed expressions which you learn and understand as units rather than as individual words, for example: greetings...
What are phrasal verbs? Phrasal verbs are verbs that consist of a verb and a particle (a preposition or adverb) or a verb and two particles (an adverb and a preposition,...
Strong, fixed and weak collocations Strong collocations A strong collocation is one in which the words are very closely associated with each other. For example, the adjective mitigating almost always collocates with...
What is a collocation? Collocation means a natural combination of words; it refers to the way English words are closely associated with each other. For example, do and homework go together,...
A quick glance at visual dictionaries is all it takes to connect words with images. Explore the major themes to access more images and see words like never before. Enjoy your...
Beginning the day se laver (suh lah-vey) (to wash) se doucher (suh dooh-shey) (to shower) se baigner (suh bey-nyey) (to bathe) se raser (suh rah-zey) (to shave) se brosser les dents (suh broh-sey ley...
mon mari (mohN mah-ree) (my husband) ma femme (mah fahm) (my wife) mon père (mohN pehr) (my father) ma mère (mah mehr) (my mother) mes parents (mey pah-rahN) (my parents) mon fils (mohN fees)...
The names of the seasons: le printemps (luh praN-tahN) (spring) l’été (m) (ley-tey) (summer) l’automne (m) (loh-tuhhn) (fall) l’hiver (m) (lee-vehr) (winter) You can ask about the weather with the...
This list includes many common occupations: le professeur (luh proh-feh-suhr) (high school teacher, college professor) l’informaticien/l’informaticienne (laN-fohr-mah-tee-syaN/laN-fohr- mah-tee-syehn) (computer scientist) le/la secrétaire (luh/lah suh-krey-tehr) (secretary) le médecin (luh meyd-saN) (physician) l’infirmier/l’infirmière (laN-feer-myey/laN-feer-myehr) (nurse) l’avocat/l’avocate (lah-voh-kah/lah-voh-kaht)...
To get specific information, you need to know these key question words: à quelle heure (ah kehl uhr) (at what time) combien de (kohN-byaN duh) (how many) combien (kohN-byaN) (how much) comment (koh-mahN) (how) où...
