Carols

Thursday, december the 12th, 
Francine and Michel's

-- Intro                         All work and no play make Jack a dull boy

                                            Too much hard work and not enough leisure time can be unhealthy.                                 

Carols ------- Christmas Songs

-- Vocabulary

heaven         paradis   good heavens ! mon Dieu !

echoing       raisonner, faire écho
strain           (old) chant, musique    and also tension, stress
troll             (old) chant
yule tide      (old) Noël
carol            chant de Noël
holy             saint                             but holly houx
don              vêtir
apparel        tenue
hark             attention! écouter  (terme de chasse hunting)
sinner          pécheur .... seven holy sins
joyous         joyeux, syn joyful

and more ....
predictable  prévisible and unpredictable ...
jazzed up     arrangé façon jazz

and more again ...
emploi de "for" après certains verbes:
ask for sth, look for a dress, wait for the bus, pay for a drink ...
Danielle wishes for champagne so we wish her a very Happy Christmas

-- Finally we celebrate the end of these private lessons and thank         Ruth with a gift, an I.Pad.

"I'm very touched" said Ruth, overwhelmed !

                                 to overwhelm : émouvoir, bouleverser