The French word of the day is the slang reflexive verb se planter, translating literally to ‘to plan oneself’ and meaning ‘to mess up’, ‘to make a mistake’, ‘to get wrong’ and ‘to screw up’.
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The French word of the day is le but (B1), which translates to goal, aim, purpose, objective and target. Note that the final -t is pronounced, which goes against the standard French reading rules.
The French word of the day is bref, which means ‘in short’ and ‘anyway’ as an adverb and ‘brief/short’ as an adjective.
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.
The French word of the day is the versatile verb constater (B1), which has several meanings including ‘to observe’, ‘to note’, ‘to notice/see’, ‘to record’ and ‘to ascertain’.
