Level B1 (Intermediate) The French word of the day is bref, which means ‘in short’ and ‘anyway’ as an adverb and ‘brief/short’ as an adjective. bref – IPA pronunciation /bʁɛf/ “Bref” – A Versatile French Word You Must Know Word origin The Modern French word bref comes from brevis in Latin, meaning ‘brief’ and ‘short’. …
Level B1 (Intermediate) The French word of the day is: En fait, meaning ‘in fact’, ‘actually’, ‘in reality’ and ‘as a matter of fact’. En fait is used to emphasize, contradict, correct or add information to a previous statement. While the -t in il fait (he does) is silent, the -t in en fait is …