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Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 1:53 pm
by Katya
être à cheval entre - to straddle (lit. "to be on horseback between")
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:12 pm
by Katya
chêne (m.) - oak
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:05 am
by Katya
à bout de souffle - breathless; running out of steam, running on empty; on its last legs
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:12 pm
by Katya
гудок /gudok/ - honk; hoot; siren
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:39 am
by Katya
trancher - to judge, decide (a legal problem or question)
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 1:51 pm
by Katya
se déchirer - to tear each other apart
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 10:53 am
by Katya
пуск /poosk/ - launch
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:14 pm
by Katya
mordoré - golden brown, bronze
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:13 pm
by Katya
pianoter - to drum (with one's fingers)
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 1:22 pm
by Katya
courroucé - angry, irate
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 5:34 pm
by Portia
Katya wrote:courroucé - angry, irate
The original "O Holy Night" (Cantique de Noel) uses the word "courroux" (wrath) to describe God.
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 4:27 pm
by Katya
Portia wrote:Katya wrote:courroucé - angry, irate
The original "O Holy Night" (Cantique de Noel) uses the word "courroux" (wrath) to describe God.
Huh. Apparently I never learned the first verse of that all that well.
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 6:53 pm
by Katya
grommeler - to mumble
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 7:08 pm
by SmurfBlueSnuggie
http://www.lds.org/music/library/hymns/ ... t?lang=eng
You'll have to download it, because they no longer have the videos online that I can see, but certain hymns are extremely touching in ASL. This one is a favorite of mine, because of the visual image of darkness, and coming through it to God.
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 7:44 pm
by Katya
SmurfBlueSnuggie wrote:http://www.lds.org/music/library/hymns/ ... t?lang=eng
You'll have to download it, because they no longer have the videos online that I can see, but certain hymns are extremely touching in ASL. This one is a favorite of mine, because of the visual image of darkness, and coming through it to God.
Awww.
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:44 am
by Digit
пожалуйста (požálusta) meanings: 1)Please, 2)You're welcome, 3)Here you are (when offering something)
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 9:27 am
by Katya
piton (m.) - peak
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 5:34 pm
by Katya
http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/73883/
Tally M wrote:Mot du jour, etc. is basically Katya's thread. I'm not even entirely sure what it's for, sometimes.
This thread is just "Word of the Day" for non-English words.
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:49 am
by Portia
mise en accusation, French, "impeachment"
When my officemate asked if that is what empêchement (impediment, hold-up) meant.
Re: Mot du jour, etc.
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 3:22 pm
by Katya
The French word for "hat" is
chapeau ("sha-poh") and the French word for "choice" is
choix ("shwa"), so in the French version of the first Harry Potter book, the Sorting Hat is translated as the pun "choixpeau."