Posts belonging to Category 'vocabulaire'

Comment utiliser les flashcards en-ligne sur vocbox.com

vocbox est un site qui vous permet de créer vos propres listes de vocabulaire et de vous les mémoriser. J’ai déjà mis quelques listes pour commencer, mais les meilleures ce sont celles que vous avez faites vous-même.       1. Rendez-vous sur le site, www.vocbox.com. Créez votre compte (gratuit) 2. Faites des listes de [...]

Ten synonyms of “look”

1. Watch: to look at something moving, a film, a sport, a play, a ballet (regarder) 2. Stare: to look at something closely with eyes wide open (fixer) 3. Gaze: to look longingly or lovingly at something, to look at something with pleasure 4. Glare: to look at something angrily 5. Peep: to look at [...]

ain’t – comment l’utiliser

Please note that ‘ain’t’ isn’t exclusively American English, as is commonly believed. The writer Charles Dickens (British, 19th century) put the word ‘ain’t’ regularly into the mouths of his characters, many of whom were working-class Londoners (Cockney). “Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he’s well dressed. There ain’t much credit [...]

learning specialised vocabulary

I am often asked for help with learning vocabulary related to a particular profession or area of expertise. However, I believe that all learners should be responsible for making their own glossaries or word lists. This is quite easy to do on the net. If for example you want to learn financial words to become [...]

An Important Mistake!

In French, the word important can be similar to the word in English, but also can mean important in relation to size, amount, quantity. You may know that a VIP is a very important person. But it would be strange to say in English “a very important accident” or “a very important sum of money”. [...]

When

What will you do when you are in London?–>I’ll go to see my family Notice that “when” is referring to a future time, but in English is always followed by a present verb. The following verb then is future simple – “will” When I have finished(present perfect), I will eat. For French speakers, this is [...]

Homophones

Homophones are words that are pronounced the same, but have different spellings and meanings. In French, the words, fois, foi, foix and foie are homophones, and found in the famous rhymes, il était une fois dans la ville de foix…. Homophones can be confusing when learning a new language, but generally the correct meaning of [...]

vocabulaire: vehicules et transport

Notez qu’en anglais britannique, on dit: ‘aeroplane’ au lieu de ‘airplane’ comme aux Etats-Unis.

Verb: go, goes, went, gone

Good examples of how to use the verb ‘to go’. Hit the pause button on the video and repeat the sentences. One more thing: We use the word ‘been’ as a past participle of ‘go’ in some cases: Have you ever been to France? – Es-tu déjà allé en France? I’ve been to Italy, but [...]

Greetings, saying goodbye

Cette vidéo est tout en anglais, donc pas spécialement pour débutants.