Monday, November 7, 2005

Sunday, November 6, 2005

Saturday, November 5, 2005

sauter - to blow up

Le nuit de Guy Fawkes est un événement qui est célébré chaque année, principalement en Grande-Bretagne, l'anniversaire de la Conspiration des poudres le 5 novembre 1605, journée au cours de laquelle des catholiques anglais menés par Robert Catesby, accompagné de Guy Fawkes et 11 autres conspirateurs, tentèrent de faire sauter le Parlement.

Guy Fawkes Night is a yearly celebration, mainly in Great Britain, of the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot of November 5 1605, a day during which English Catholics led by Robert Catesby, accompanied by Guy Fawks and eleven others conspirators, attempted to blow up Parliament.

Friday, November 4, 2005

рядом с - next to

Рядом с домом стоит машина.

Close to the house is a car.

 

Кошка рядом с собакой. 

The cat is near the dog.

Thursday, November 3, 2005

jadis - of long ago, formerly.

Cette ville a conservé sa splendeur de jadis.

This town has kept its former splendor.

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[This word's etymology is interesting. It comes from an old French expression "ja a dis," meaning roughly "it has been days."  Ja is a form of the modern word déjà, a stands for "il y a," and dis means "days," as in lundi, mardi, etc.]

Wednesday, November 2, 2005

发 展 - to develop

中国 发展 得 很快。  

Zhōngguó fāzhǎn de hěnkuài.     

China is developing fast.

Tuesday, November 1, 2005

火车 - a train

你 可以 坐 火车 去。 

Nǐ kěyǐ zuò huǒchē qù. 

You can take the train to go there.

gémir - to groan, moan, whine

« Mais je n'aime pas la truite grillée », se mit-il à gémir . Chaque fois qu'il pleut, ma vieille voiture commence à gémir bruyamme...