In the ancient world, cocoa only existed in its purest form and was known only for its medicinal value. For many centuries this pure form of cocoa was revered by all and trusted for its beneficial use in cases like fever, heart pain, emaciation, fatigue, kidney and bowel complaints. There is historical evidence that points [...]
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A funny video that highlights the problem some people have pronouncing the sound “th”. The sailor says “we are sinking” (nous sommes en train de couler) to which the coastguard replies, “what are you thinking about?” (à quoi pensez-vous?)
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It’s been a long time since I added any new content to the site – I’m sorry! During the summer I thought a lot about how I could make anglais-facile.com more useful for you, and perhaps a little more profitable for me. I recently registered a business (auto-entrepreneur in the French system) and so I [...]
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England started the world cup as one of the favourites – they always do, and they always disappoint us. Basically a bunch of overpaid yobbos who can’t rise to the occasion probably because they get so much money playing club football that playing for their country isn’t really that important. I don’t see why I [...]
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La femme cambrée (The Arched Back Woman) If you lived in the United States, and were a fan of acoustic guitar music, folk, celtic, contemporary or jazz, you would surely know who Pierre Bensusan is. In fact, he appears regularly of the covers of guitar magazines and is often voted ‘best fingerstyle guitarist in the [...]
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It’s hard being a one-man website, so I decided get some help. Unfortunately, Muffin only sleeps in my in-tray and his typing skills are useless – just lines of wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww and jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj. Plus the irrestible urge to squeeze him, that distracts me from my work – he’ll have to find another place for his siestas… [...]
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Register is a very important word in language learning. What does it mean? Put simply, register is the level of language we choose to use according to the situation. There are things that we would say to our friends, that we probably wouldn’t say if we happened to meet the Prime Minister, or the President. [...]
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image: http://www.photoeverywhere.co.uk Today (9th November 2009) is the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The wall was constructed in the early 1960s and was intended to stop mass emmigration to the west from East Germany, especially young, skilled workers and scientists (the ‘brain drain’). Important events that led to the fall of [...]
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On the fifth of November 1605, an attempt to kill the king of England and his government was uncovered. The conspirators were Catholics who were hugely disappointed with the new king, James I (James IV of Scotland). They had hoped that he would be more tolerant of the Catholic faith than his predecessor, Elizabeth, who [...]
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It’s ironic to note that the British were defeated in a state called ‘Virginia’. This state was named in honour of Queen Elizabeth the first – the ‘virgin queen’. 1781 The decisive victory in the revolutionary war. British troops under Lord Cornwallis surrender to American and French forces at the battle of York town in [...]
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Mata Hari was executed by the French on this day in 1917. I knew the name, but didn’t know anything about her. This is what I learned: Her real name was Margaretha Zelle. She was born in Holland in 1876. Her father was a businessman, but his business went bust when Margaretha was thirteen. After [...]
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October 15, 1946. In Neurenburg, Germany, former Nazi airforce chief Hermann Goering commits suicide behind bars. Goering takes poison just hours before his scheduled execution as a convicted war criminal for his role during world war two. 1917: During world war one, a French firing squad outside Paris executes the Dutch dancer Mata Hari, convicted [...]
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