The French They Never Taught You


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Few English language speakers are going to acquire native fluency in French. Some do manage that incredible feat, but most people learning French, want to get somewhat closer to that elusive native-speaker status. This little book takes you a few steps further along that life-long journey. In the section on grammar, we propose a new and better way to tell the use of the passé simple or passé composé and the imparfait. There really are differences in causal conjunctions (parce que/car/comme/puisque). The agreement of the past participle of pronominal verbs (Elle s'est coupée au doigt) is explained clearly. The purpose of this work, like that of second-language teachers, is to inspire students to seek what is unique in each language and to reflect on the relationship and interplay between them.




The French They Never Taught You


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Merde!


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Explains the meaning of French slang expressions, idioms, epithets, and colloquialisms.




Merde Encore!


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Merde Encore! once again provides the spice that makes all those laborious hours of studying the subjunctive imperfect worthwhile--a hilarious guide that is an invaluable key to a richly varied form of expression. 15 line drawings.




Mierda!


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A collection of hard-core curses, colorful colloquialisms, and streetwise slang never taught in Spanish class includes sample conversations, painless quizzes, tips on body gestures, and discussions of Spanish history, culture, and cuisine—complete with delightful cartoons.




What They Didn't Teach You in French Class


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Sipping a cafe au lait at a sidewalk bistro... Getting down at Paris's hottest club... Cheering on Les Bleus at the stadium... Drop the textbook formality and chat with the locals in France's everyday language. What's up? Ca va?; She's totally hot. Elle est bandante.; This party is lit! Cette bringue est enflammee!; That brie smells funky. Ce brie sent putain de drole.; Wanna French kiss? On se roule une pelle?; That ref is a moron. L'arbitre est un abruti.




The Missing Course


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A generation of research has provided a new understanding of how the brain works and how students learn. David Gooblar offers scholars at all levels a practical guide to the state of the art in teaching and learning. His insights about active learning and the student-centered classroom will be valuable to instructors in any discipline, right away.




What They Never Taught You in Sunday School


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Misleading customs and assumptions have been attached to church ordinances for years, but Steven attempts to separate fact from fiction. Church traditions can be confusing and the Bible is easy to misinterpret, yet it is absolutely critical that Christians be able to explain what they believe to an unsaved world.




My Life in France


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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Julia's story of her transformative years in France in her own words is "captivating ... her marvelously distinctive voice is present on every page.” (San Francisco Chronicle). Although she would later singlehandedly create a new approach to American cuisine with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, Julia Child was not always a master chef. Indeed, when she first arrived in France in 1948 with her husband, Paul, who was to work for the USIS, she spoke no French and knew nothing about the country itself. But as she dove into French culture, buying food at local markets and taking classes at the Cordon Bleu, her life changed forever with her newfound passion for cooking and teaching. Julia’s unforgettable story—struggles with the head of the Cordon Bleu, rejections from publishers to whom she sent her now-famous cookbook, a wonderful, nearly fifty-year long marriage that took the Childs across the globe—unfolds with the spirit so key to Julia’s success as a chef and a writer, brilliantly capturing one of America’s most endearing personalities.