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    Initially I intended these few pages to my students and colleagues who are not satisfied with learning words only. So whenever a point has to be made on this or that question, there's room for a new article !

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      Johnny, from rocker to singer

      Johnny's gone, but how was he seen abroad, for instance in London -- a rock'n roll mecca ?

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      A VAN GOGH FAN

      A wonderful song about Vincent Van Gogh

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      WHO was the DAVIS CUP named after ?

      Most of us have heard his name, but few remember who (and what) he was ... 

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      BASKET-BALL IDIOMS
      Download « http://www.nantes.maville.com/sport/detail_-basket-et-si-on-parlait-fadeaway-lay-up-et-alley-oop-_fil-3312028_actu.Htm » Source : nantes.maville.com

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      ON LIMERICKS

      Is it possible to read poetry and have fun at the same time ? Indeed. Go to this page and learn everything about limericks !

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      The ups and downs of success

      Working in the fashion industry can be very cruel, especially for young girls with little knowledge of the risky encounters in wealthy environments ...

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      THE AULD ALLIANCE

      Want to know about the strong connection between Scotland and France ? and how your ancestors might have been citizens of both countries ? 

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      British Muslims
      The list of famous British Muslims is very long; Britain has a long history of close relationships with both Arab and non-Arab Muslim countries : Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Aden etc. So it's no  surprise that today 1.8 million Muslim...

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      WESTMINSTER VICTIMS
      WHEN WILL IT ALL STOP ? Dear London friends, dear Londoners, You are a marvellous people, everyone is hard put to be more welcoming than you are, and yet, once again, blind terror has struck. We know it won't have the last word but still .....

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      Words to "speak millennial"
      You were born after 1980 and have your own "dialect". Same in the U.S. So if you hear one of the following words, you've got a chance to be talking to a "millennial": - adulting is the new word for growing up (less dramatic, I suppose !) - ...

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      Careful with these words !
      Beware ! The following words are used in French too, but with a different, sometimes very different, meaning: - A drawing-room is not "une salle de dessin". It is a room where gentlemen withdraw (se retirent) to smoke without disturbing the...

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      CROSSINGS
      Classified crossings (Fr. passages pour piétons): - zebra crossing : passage piétons traditionnel, la chaussée est zébrée de bandes de peinture blanche (ou jaune); parfois encore appelé "passage clo...

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      LANGUAGE (3): PROVERBS & SAYINGS

      In this section ("Language 3") you will learn some of the most common proverbs ; you want to say "la nuit tous les chats sont gris" or "l'union fait la force", but haven't got the words for this, you're just a click away from the answer ... 

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      Learn Buck/ham Pal/ce English !
      There used to be a habit of getting as close as possible to the King's English, nowadays it seems the Queen's English is full of surprises, as illustrated by a recent article in The Sun. Alison Maloney sure has a knack for writing fun ! Her...

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      SEASON's GREETINGS
      Autrement dit, bonne année à tous -- l'année du Coq, où nous passerons le cap des 3000 lecteurs. Merci à tous pour votre fidélité. Mac Govern

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      (ABFLM0PRSTU)4 = …
       ... = F + MP3 + TAB + URL + USB + 404 F is for function (F1 key, F 11 key etc. on your computer keyboard) MP3 is for Motion Picture [experts group 1 Audio-layer] 3, a system enabling (audio-)files to be compressed to 10% of their o...

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      ROAD TO NANTES
      Do you happen to know of Ben Hatch ? If not, I strongly advise you to read Road to Rouen, a hilarious (not only that, of course) travel book telling of France and the French. I have selected the following passage about les Machines de l'Ile...

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      WHO ARE YOU, Mr BARNES ?
      ALBERT C. BARNES (1872 – 1951) ... was an art-collector, a philanthropist; Barnes is also famous for his long-enduring friendship with philosopher John DEWEY (1859-1952) Albert C. Barnes was born in a working-class family; the fami...

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      ELECTIONS and SURNAMES
      I hear very strange things over here about the meaning of presidential candidates' and the winner's surnames. Remember "trump", whether a name or a surname, has nothing to do with the French "trompe". So, let's make a clear list: - a trump...

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      A 3-D PRINTER
      USE THE FOLLOWING HOTLINK TO ACCESS THE DOCUMENT NEEDED : https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1u0lUL7-onm58dZ0O7qRwtd4arTO4V0ZuFSEl1SHZ8HI/edit?usp=sharing    

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      What's a snitch ?
      That's the name (some would call it an insult) the famous Hollywood film star Sean PENN has been called recently. Remember he was to have an interview with "El Chapo", but the police who made the most of this information managed to track do...

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      A SIMPLE STORY
      Watch how simple stories can become great moments. For this, ou will need these words : code-share (partage de code) ; to log miles (parcourir des kilomètres) ; to take off (décoller)/ to glide (planer) / to land (atterrir); ...

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      Happy New Year !
        A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE !

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      A HISTORIC PHOTO : THE TRUE STORY

      Comment à l'automne 1964 une jeune mariée de Baltimore a "presque" serré la main d'un personnage historique et s'est découverte quelques années plus tard sur une photo qui a depuis fait le tour du monde ...

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      San Francisco mourns the dead
      San Francisco City Hall is lit up in blue-white-red in tribute to the victims of Nov. 14th's Paris terror attacks (15/11/14). >>>>> See other English-language cities' reactions using this URL-address : https://docs.google.c...

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      THE BIG ISSUE
      Inspired by New York homeless people’s Street News, The Big Issue was founded in 1991 (John Bird and Gordon Roddick) in reaction against UK's growing numbers of homeless people, and is now the world’s most widely circulated st...

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