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dimanche 20 octobre 2013

Good and bad manners

October the 17th, Roselyne's

Good and Bad Manners   

News 

Marcelle tell us her grandson Malo, 7 years old, has broken his arm, the left wrist exactly, at school in the playground. They took an X-Ray and put him a cast.
The most fun is that father and son are in the same situation ! Both arms in a sling.


Talking about ...
Good and bad manners in different countries
that thing is polite or impolite ? 
Do's and don't.


  1. Kiss or shake hands with somebody ? never kiss in America  Both cheeks (les 2 joues) in between women.
  2. Phone at table is impolite for our ages but polite for young people (hum ...) Once times Roselyne seen a boy with two phones in his hands pushing a wheel chair ...
  3. Elbow on the table ? Not everywhere, is a sloppy behavior.
  4. to Speak to oneself (se parler à soi même)( Roselyne)
  5. to Whisper something to somebody (Max); to whisper behind our backs (chuchoter)
  6. Place of the Cutlery  in America is opposite.
                                              



Vocabulary
       reach atteindre sth, location ...
       share partpartager, action (finance), time share(holiday flat)
       show off,  se faire valoir
       Ruth is a naughty girl, (no comment)
       step, pas but also stepmother, stepson, etc (beau-fils ...) ! pas              de parent commun
       half brother, demi frère
       platter plateau plate assiette dish plat, dishwasher LV
       limp boiter, and lame pour un argument boiteux ...

The riddle
      For the previous post the answer was Abraham Lincoln well           known for this sentence :
                        "All men are created equal"

      Today here is a celebrity, WHO IS HE ?

                          


                    Answer fastest possible to win the nonnette

mardi 15 octobre 2013

Opposites

3th October 2013 
Danielle's


New: Roselyn had received her Australian friend a few days but, unfortunately she speaks French! Marie Claire has a dual citizen ship; she lived in France ... His husband was military

Laurence is tired, very busy for many reasons but she had always a nice complexion (bon teint)

Two opponents
The Opposites


First Max tells us a joke :

a soldier is on a hill, the captain says
bring him down (descendez le de la colline)
another soldier immediately ...
shoot him dead (lui a tiré dessus)



Then Ruth presents some words, we must find the opposites

           Ask                 Answer   or reply répondre
 Work               Play 
 Buy                 Sell        to buy sth from sbd      for sale = à vendre
          Give                 Take       from ...

          Lend prêter      Borrow   emprunter
     
         Right                 Left or Wrong

         Full   plein         Empty   vide

         Break casser     Fix or Repair          Crack félure, fissure

        Well                  Ill  malade       Sick  nauséeux

        Well bien fait     Badly   Poorly

        Poor                  Rich

       Light lumière    Dark
                poids        Heavy

       Wide large        Narrow étroit   
       Broad  -              Thin          The broad side of a barn  le grand coté de la grange
                                              Strong               Weak faible  
       Strength force   Weakness faiblesse

       Thin mince        Thick for sth
                                 Fat         sbd

       Clever  malin    Stupid, Silly, Fool



Some Words

       Foolish plutôt bête
       Greenish ... vert
 
       Merry gai, drunk   Merely tout simplement (Mer )





And now the riddle to win the nonnette

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What is the name of this man, his work and his place in this work.