9 October 2017							Mrs MAYER	❶
TOOLS
I. DICTIONARIES (online)
1. THE LONGMAN DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH All English
(BRITISH NATIONAL CORPUS) 2015 - The 6th edition (very new)
The best for us, composed for learners of English, not native speakers, with all the latest expressions.
You can also get it online.
2. ROBERT & COLLINS French-English dictionary (The big one) 2016
The best bilingual.
You can get it online too but not free.

3. OXFORD HACHETTE French-English (2009 last edition…) + online as well.

Just choose the one which is the easier to read for you.

Test your dictionary:
⎫	in the French section: "courriel", which is a modern word.
⎫	in the English section : "couch potato" = smbd who is on a couch and doesn’t move [mollasson(ne), (qui passe son temps devant la télé)]

II. LISTENING :  RADIOS
1. Riviera radio 106.5 FM
Local traffic information. News from time to time, and a lot of music. 
2. BBC radio and local stations on the internet, and there is also an application for, for example, i-pads, i-phone…

III. TELEVISION
+on TV there is an application called FILMONTV which is free and you choose UKLIVETV. (All the BBC & ITV channels…)
On French TV you have a lot of films, series, in VM, where you can choose to watch them in the English version.
TF1, M6, W9, France 2, ARTE

IV. CINEMAS
In Nice: Rialto, Mercury, Pathé Masséna av. Jean Médecin, the Cinémathèque.
In Beaulieu, there is a very dynamic cinema.

V. ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS
On the internet, application for THE GUARDIAN (like Le Monde in France)
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*VOCABLE every two weeks. Subscription not recommended because twice a month is too much. Vocable All English →recommended because explained in English. You can buy it at a NEWSAGENT’S (marchand de journaux).

VI. ANTIBES
*ANTIBES BOOKS (because there are many English people in Antibes) open 7 days a week 
Tuesday-Saturday: 10-19
Sunday & Monday: 11-18
13 rue Georges Clémenceau
04 93 61 96 47 - Fenella Holt
*ENGLISH FOOD
GEOFFREY’S OF LONDON at La Galerie du Port, rue Lacan.
04 92 90 66 40
They also have an ONLINE STORE, & free delivery if you spend 50€.

VOCABULARY
A number plate:	plaque minéralogique
A traffic warden:	contractuel
A proofreader:	correcteur(trice)(d’épreuves)
The deadline:		la dernière limite
Rank (in hierarchy)	grade
A bucket list : the list of things you would like to do before 'kicking the bucket', it means 'to die'.
The bucket :		seau(pendaison). To kick the bucket which a person is standing on. The person is hanged.
A three star general (adjectives in English do not take the plural)
In the past I was used to speaking English (used to 'what' ? speaking English) j’avais l’habitude de parler anglais
=at that time
I used to speak English when I was at school
=autrefois je…
To get by :		se débrouiller
To get cold feet= when you decide to do something and at the last minute you say :'oh no, I can’t, I daren’t ‘…
A loan :		un prêt
Opinion poll :		sondage
Debt :			dette
Fake news
Catalonia :	the country – Catalonian :	the language
Selfish :		égoïste
Remain or leave :	rester ou partir
Comedian :		comique
Back me up :		support
A newspaper :	THE NEW EUROPEAN/an interesting newspaper you can find everywhere for the people who voted to remain in the European Union ( BREXIT)
Article 50
Leak :			fuite ; divulgation