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David Issokson

Décrocher vs raccrocher (to pick up vs to hang up in French)

In this post we’ll examine the difference between three confusing verbs: décrocher, raccrocher and accrocher. These verbs all have to do with hooking, unhooking as well as picking up and hanging up the telephone. We’ll define each verb and look at some practical example sentences.

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French Music Theory Vocabulary

Music Theory

lexique du solfège If you’re a musician and are interacting with the French on your work then it would be a good idea to familiarize yourself with some French music theory terms. The following vocabulary list includes the names of all the notes and should get you started. At the bottom of the page there’s…

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French Cooking Vocabulary

Cooking terms

👉 See also: Au gratin meaning and usage examples » Traveling to France to learn to cook or enrolled in a French cooking course? This page offers a comprehensive list of French cooking vocabulary. You’ll find both key verbs and nouns. You’ll see that lots of words don’t have English translations. French cooking terms In…

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French tree names

Tree Names

This page offers names of over 85 French tree names with common trees including le chêne (oak), le pin (pine), l’érable (maple) and le palmier (palm). Fruit trees are often the name of the fruit combined with the letters -ier. For example le pommier (apple tree). Related lessons: French vocabulary | Word of the day…

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French Covid 19 vocabulary

Covid 19

The past few years been extremely rough for people everywhere do Covid 19. If you’re learning French at some point the topic of this devastating virus will come up. The following table contains a list of over 50 French coronavirus terms which you can use for practicing conversation. Covid 19 vocabulary list Related lessons: French…

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