L’Aiguille du Midi

L’aiguille du Midi se situe dans le massif du Mont-Blanc. Culminant à 3 842 mètres, elle est la plus haute des aiguilles de Chamonix. Sur le sommet principal, s’élève une tour, portant des antennes de télécommunication, qui représente le point culminant actuel.

Sempé : les pours et les contres

Liberty, Equality, Hypocrisy

Liberty, Equality, Hypocrisy: Why There’s No French Obama

Newsweek 

 

By Clare Premo, Paris

The French adore Barack Obama, and they aren’t shy about it. A recent poll in the daily newspaper Le Monde showed 68 percent of the population would vote for Obama, whereas only 5 percent would vote for John McCain. In this week’s Le Nouvel Observateur, the magazine’s managing director, Claude Weill, suggests this enthusiasm stems from what the Democratic candidate represents to the French—a break from the American heritage of slavery, racism and discrimination.

Faux amis

False friends are words that seem to mean the same but in fact have different meanings (eg rester/to rest).Here are some of the most common false friends for French and English, as well as a few other problem words.This list is far from exhaustive. Maybe you can think of a few more.

Tapenade

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