TOOLS
1.	*LONGMAN. DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH
(BRITISH NATIONAL CORPUS) 
The best for us. All English.

2.	*ROBERT & COLLINS( 9^th Edition) 2010
Bilingual. (The biggest)

•	*HACHETTE OXFORD (2007 latest edition)

« courriel » est le mot référence. S’il ne figure pas dans dictionnaire, en changer (e-mail).
Camcorder : camescope
Computer
Listen to *Riviera radio 106.5 FM
(news on the hour,music, and traffic information)
  *BBC local radio – BBC 4 (plays)

*NEWSPAPERS ( par Google)
-	THE GUARDIAN (originally The Manchester Guardian) // Le Monde
-	THE DAILY TELEGRAPH //Le Figaro. Quite easy to read.
-	THE INDEPENDENT ( more intellectual & easy to read)
*VOCABLE from time to time. Subscription not recommended because too much twice a month. Better just one…There are 2 editions: “All English” (recommended because explained in English) or “anglais” vocabulary translated into French.
*BOOKS
-	W.H.SMITH. On the motorway (autoroute).
-	Nearest English Bookshop: ANTIBES BOOKS (04 93 34 74 11) open 7 days a week from 10 am to 7 pm. 52 rue AUBERNON
-	In Antibes go to GEOFFREY’S OF LONDON at La Galerie du Port, rue Lacan.Mince pies. Sherry = xeres
-	THE SECRET LIFE OF FRANCE-Lucy WADHAM-(Faber paperback). // her blog: she comments on her experience of health and safety rules. July 11^th 2009 ‘This is not a swimming pool’.
-	DONA LEON (publisher ARROW BOOKS). Venice- Commissiaro Brunetti- Doctored Evidence.
I.T.= INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
-	ARTE VM films
-	FRANCE 3 VO (very late) films TF1 & M6 American TV series

3 January 2011										❹
VOCABULARY
Jellyfish :		méduse
Damp :		froid et humide (wet)

I feel sick :		j’ai envie de vomir
To be sick : 		1. Engl. : vomir
			2. USA : être malade    3. Engl. : To be ill : être malade
To vomit:		vomir 
To throw up: 		USA /vomir

In England we now use Centigrade. It’s in America that they use Fahrenheit.

Confident:		confiant. You feel confident
Shoemaker/cobbler:   cordonnier
a dot:			un point

About the movie :	”A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT”
The scenery :		décor; paysage
To gamble:		to play cards for money
To have debts :	être endetté
To owe money :	devoir de l’argent
The fish bites              le poisson mord
Fish hook:		hameçon
To depend on:	 	dépendre de
Unusual :		inhabituel
Frost :			gelée, givre
Expected :		prévu, attendu
Context :		contexte
To miscarry :		faire une fausse couche
To have a miscarriage : id
The families are closer knit in Africa: plus unies. It’s a close knit family.

Arte:	1.Tonight Monday 3/1 = 20h40-23h ANNE DES MILLE JOURS 1996-ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS (Anne Boleyn) Richard Burton as Henry VIII
	2. Tuesday 4/1- 20h40 LITTLE BUDDHA
Fr 3:	3.Sunday 9/1 – 23h50 JOHNNY EAGER (Lana Turner, Robert Taylor)
TF1: 	4.Tuesday 4/1 - 20h45 CSI (CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION)- LES EXPERTS MANHATTAN

10 JANUARY 2011										❺

Wetsuit: 			combinaison de plongée
Workshop:			atelier
A debate: discussion, débat. To debate. To debate whether: se demander si
IBM: What do the initials stand for? International Business Machines (‘I’ve Been Moved’)
Car Boot sale: 		marché aux puces où des particuliers vendent des objets entreposés dans le coffre de leurs voitures.
Garage sale : 			vide-grenier
I’ve been retired since 1982.
From one day to the next: 	du jour au lendemain.
Wheelchair: 			fauteuil roulant
To make a decision:		 prendre une decision
You have to pick and choose.
Do you like a doctor who is talkative? Bavard
How long do you take it?
It’s hereditary.
It becomes a need: 		ça devient un besoin.

They lost their luggage and were given a T-Shirt and a toiletries package.
Toiletries:			articles de toilette
Toilet bag:			nécessaire de toilette
A hairdryer

Vineyards : vignobles		vine : vigne ; (climbing plant) plante grimpante	(vine grower
[‘vinja:dz]			[vain]
There are 200 sorts of wine in South Africa( ←The Dutch=les Hollandais). The oldest vineyard is called ‘Costanza’ because it was the one Napoleon preferred.
Durban is the biggest port in South Africa. Gandhi began over there and stayed in Durban for 20 years.
There are 11 official languages and Zulu is the first. A wife costs 12 cows.
There are four queens and one king.
I wonder/ how they look / what they look like.
Botswana is a little Switzerland because it’s very rich.
What was the weather like?
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About the film ‘ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS’
‘Bloody Mary’ massacred the Protestants.
Henry VIII didn’t want to offend the Spanish king Charles V, he just put himself at the head of his own church and kept the title of ‘Defender of the Faith’ previously given to him by the Pope( ‘F.D.’: still on the coins now for Elizabeth II . before:’FID.DEF.’). All the sons were stillborn.
Stillborn: mort-né
He ordered Anne to be taken to the Tower of London & to be beheaded. Richard Burton was very convincing.

‘Little Buddha’ is a childish film.

⎝Thursday 13/1: Arte 20h40-22h15 VM: ‘FROZEN RIVER’ 2008
(About illegal immigrants going from Canada into the USA)
⎝Sunday 16/1: FR3 23h50-1h15 VO:’PUSHOVER’ 1954 (= Jeu d’enfant)
DU PLOMB POUR L’INSPECTEUR –Kim Novak & Fred McMurray

17 January 2011 										❻

VOCABULARY

A shareholder :		un actionnaire
Shares:			actions
Stocks and shares:		valeurs mobilières
Stock exchange:		la Bourse
A stockbroker: 		un courtier, un agent de change
The stockbroker belt :	            banlieue très riche près de Londres
Counselling company, consulting company, :société de conseil
To declare oneself bankrupt, to go bankrupt, to go into (voluntary) liquidation : déposer le bilan
A vicious circle
The’do’s’ and the’don’ts’:	the things you should do and the things you shouldn't do.
Expand:			se développer (trade), s’accroître; agrandir; accroître; étendre
Cash flow:			marge brute d’autofinancement
They were fired:		they lost their job.
He has to be very tough (strong, hard): fort
Sparks fly:			étincelles
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Rheumatoid arthritis: 	polyarthrite rhumatoïde
Chemotherapy:		chimiothérapie
[ki:meu’]
Side effects :			effets secondaires
Do you believe in homeopathy?
To lose weight:		maigrir
Brittle:				fragile, cassant
It’s another way of treating
It’s all in the mind:		tout est dans la tête
Trial :				essai, (test)
A pack of lies
The PLAGUE: 			la peste
An epidemic:			une épidémie
Smallpox:			la variole
Homeopathy was very popular in the USA in the 19^th century, and now no longer. Still popular now in India, France, Switzerland, Germany, not so in GB.
Effective:			efficace
Vet (veterinary surgeon) :	vétérinaire
Hens :				poules

About the film ‘FROZEN RIVER’
Two single mothers meet shortly before Xmas. One of them lives in a Mohawk reservation. The Indian woman’s husband drowns in the river.
Canadian border
Trailer:			remorque/ US: caravane
The second woman’s husband was a gambler and took all the money she had saved to buy a huge mobile home.
When you don’t speak the same language there must be terrible misunderstandings.
To have a narrow escape:	s’échapper de justesse.
The small child believes in Father Christmas.
He was trying to trick her, to swindle her :	il voulait l’escroquer;
Crook: escroc
During Christmas Eve: la veille de Noël
 GB The boot of the car 	le coffre
 US The trunk 	“	“
It was very stressful.
She kept her feelings to herself. She was very closed in.   Withdrawn.
They trusted each other. At the end, they took refuge in a reservation from the police. She took all the responsibilities on her shoulders. I was very impressed by the attitude of the police too.
Trial:	 procès, jugement. To be on trial : 	passer en jugement.
TrialsΛunpleasant experiences) 	épreuves

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⎝Next Sunday 23/1- FR3- 23h45/1h20- VO ‘ROGUE COP’ (“Ripoux”)-SUR LA TRACE DU CRIME-1954 director Roy Rowland. /Robert Taylor-Janet Leigh-George Raft

TRADUIRE (« pouvoir »)

11.	Il n’a pas pu me recevoir, il était trop occupé ; heureusement, j’ai pu lui parler au téléphone.
He couldn’t see me, he was busy. Fortunately, I was able to (I managed to) speak (talk) to him on the phone.
Ε ! ‘speak’ is the verb to use when you’re on the phone

12.	Il a essayé de réparer le moteur, mais il n’a pas pu.
He tried to repair the engine, but he couldn’t/he wasn’t able to

13.	Vous pourrez vous arrêter un instant quand vous serez fatigué.
You may stop a moment when you are tired.
You can stop for a while		“	“
Ε ! No future after ‘when’ except for a question.

14.	Ils ne nous entendent pas, il se peut qu’ils regardent la télévision.
They can’t hear us, they may be watching TV.
Ε ! Use ‘can’ with the verbs of feelings, senses.
I see = je comprends, je vois (mais pas avec les yeux…)

15.	Il se pourrait que nous allions aux Etats-Unis l’année prochaine.
We might go to the USA next year.

24 January 2011 										❼
VOCABULARY

I was groping in the dark to find my alarm clock on my bedside table. I knocked it over and it continued. It was a nightmare. It was awful.
To grope:			tâtonner
To grope for:			chercher à tâtons
That explains everything.
A double-decker:		autobus à impériale
A double-decker cable car :	téléphérique à deux niveaux
As a bird flies,  as the crow flies : à vol d’oiseau
A glacier melts:		fondre
South facing :			orienté au sud
The price depends on the altitude. The higher you are, the more you pay.
Ski slopes:			descentes
There is a huge traffic jam all Saturday long.
The owner LETS his flat. ≠ The tenant RENTS a flat: louer
Off-piste ski
One next to the other
Brakes:			freins
Anchor brakes
A rucksack (the medium one). The backpack is huge: sac à dos.
It’s a law of physics.
A ski resort (≠the station: la gare)
A ski instructor
Cross-country skiing :		ski de randonnée, ski de fond
Sledge :			luge
Sealskin :			peau de phoque
To book a seat in the train, or the bus
Full board or half board:	pension complète/½pension
‘Tiredness can kill-Take a break’→on English motorways
My friends let me use their flat when it’s free.
To keep your balance:	garder l’équilibre
Arthritis/Rhumatism

About the film ‘PUSHOVER’
It begins with a bank robbery (2000 dollars). The police are persuaded that when there is a robber, there is always a lady (a dame). So they follow the girlfriend. She’s a blonde. One of the policemen falls in love with her. She offers to share the money with him.
All the policemen were dressed the same and I couldn’t recognize them. They were in plain clothes (en civil) and looking through their binoculars all the time.

⎝ Arte 		ϕMonday 24/1-20h40-22h50: PAS DE PRINTEMPS POUR MARNIE ‘MARNIE’ 1964
Director Alfred Hitchcock /with Tippi Hedren who plays a kleptomaniac & Sean Connery
κThursday 27/1-20h40-22h30: SNOWCAKE VM-2006
Director Mark Evans / with Sigourney Weaver (a woman who is autistic) & Alan Rickman. A British & Canadian film which was made in Ontario (Canada).
⎝ France 3	λSunday 30/1-23h45-1h15: LE MEDAILLON/THE LOCKET VO 1946
Director John Brahm / with Robert Mitchum
(a young woman was wrongly accused of stealing when she was young and becomes a Kleptomaniac)

TRADUIRE (« pouvoir »)

16.	Il se peut qu’il ait mal compris ce que je lui ai dit.
He may have misunderstood what I told him.

17.	Il est impossible qu’il ait mal compris ce que je lui ai dit.
He can’t (possibly) have misunderstood what I told him.

18.	Il se peut qu’il n’ait pas aimé la pièce.
He may not have liked the play

19.	Vous auriez pu vous casser la jambe.
You might /could have broken your leg.

20 Il nous a demandé s’il pouvait emprunter notre tondeuse à gazon.
He asked us if he could /might borrow our lawn-mower
Ε ! in indirect speech use the past (direct speech: can I/ may I borrow?)

TRADUIRE (« pouvoir »)

13/12/2010
1.	Il se peut que cela lui déplaise
2.	Avez-vous pu comprendre ce qu’il disait ?
3.	Nous ne pourrons pas rester ici très longtemps.
4.	Pourriez-vous me traduire cette lettre ?
5.	La route était en mauvais état, mais nous avons pu arriver à l’auberge avant la nuit.