1 English idioms

you're right Gérard, it's high time I brushed up my slang language !

MurielB a écrit:you're right Gérard, it's high time I brushed up my slang language !

I'm ust teasing you Muriel. You'll learn slang when Patrick speaks Esperanto fluently.

Yes I have carefully read everything. I think I know more than previously :

Gérard the characters are very small and I couldn't read them. Fortunately without my contact lenses I could because short-sighted people have a very good close vision
Anyway I don't know the expression

In lieu of=>Instead of I suppose.

Do you know the difference between the two ?

You're right Muriel.
However, there's always the possibility with any Navigator to increase the font. For example in Internet Explorer, we can press Ctrl-+ (several times if needed) to increase then Ctrl-0 to go back to normal size.

Tx for the advice Gérard ! vey good to know.

Tx for that list, Gérard. I didn't know that a set of cards used for playing card games was a deck of cards !

Gérard is virgule comma ?

MurielB a écrit:Gérard is virgule comma ?

The French "virgule" is the English "comma".
The English "virgule" is the Frenglish "slash" ( / ).

In any case we can say that

I do agree Muriel.
However grammarwise money has several names in English as well as in French or any language which means money can be seen from different points of view and that's good!

Let's learn that vocabulary then because the more precise we are, the better

Very important.
We need to read this at least once.

mission accomplished. Any way gérard I don't understand

That doesn't belong to you, it's mine
We belong with each other

why are the prepositions different !?

Gérard, everyone
It is important to note that step parents are different from parents -in -Law. In French it is very confusing because it is usually the same word.
Step parents (step mother and step father) are the second mother or father when the other parent marries again after separating from the true parent or when the true parent dies (mother or father)
The parents -in -Law (father or mother) are the father or mother of one's wife or husband

Very useful expressions when you want to go to Trafalgar square ! Tx Gérard.

thanks for your idioms

see you later

naty

Welcome NATY! Seeya!

Hello

How are you ?

THANKS FOR YOUR IDIOM

HAVE A GOOD DAY AND A  GOOD WEEK-END

NATY a écrit:...
Hello

How are you ?

THANKS FOR YOUR IDIOM

HAVE A GOOD DAY AND A  GOOD WEEK-END

Hi NATY,

Tx for the wishes. However there're lots of hours before the wekend and I intend to take advantage of them.

Have a good weekend. Take care.

Right Muriel... but how to get diamond rings, pearl necklaces, etc?
(a solution is to celebrate them every 5 years only -the time the husband can save enough money-)

Once every 5 years is a good optimization of the calendar (a good gift helps swallow the bitter pill).

Very interesting. Tx Gérard !

Hi Gérard, everyone !
I prefer subjective opinion because it opens communication with the others. Anyway, on certain subjects I am very opinionated and can’t stop myself from a strong expression of what I think.  I know that it is boring for those who listen to me but it is difficult for me to change that behaviour.

Gérard I remember what our children 's English teacher used to say "Make a line by the door" I found that sentence  very concrete and typical English. (In French : Mettez vous les uns derrière les autres)

MurielB a écrit:Gérard I remember what our children 's English teacher used to say "Make a line by the door" I found that sentence  very concrete and typical English. (In French : Mettez vous les uns derrière les autres)

Muriel, you didn't translate everything.
I guess the teacher wouldn't have said "Make a line by the door" if the students were about to leave a stadium.
On the other hand, a FRench teacher could say "en une colonne près de la porte".