2)English idioms

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Yesterday I posted a comment on Pierre's blog about the rather difficult (when the French are not aware enough) pronunciation of vowels such as "a" - I wrote the French couldn't even make a difference where EMTs counted several obviously different sounds.
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In this video, Rachel spends 3 minutes on "that" drawing our attention on ways to pronounce the ending "t".
True! if there're x ways to pronounce the vowel "a", there're also mainly 2 ways to pronounce the ending "t": soft-t and flat-t depending on the syllable that follows; in her examples, she also speaks about a "that her" in which the "h" is ignored so that the pronounciation uses a flat-t (meaning approx d) followed by a vowel "er".

The above word were pointing out the ending "t" of "that" but Rachel could also have spoken about the starting "th" that also has several ways...

NB: As usual with YouTube, take a look on the right side to discover several exciting lessons by Rachel -> Rachel's YouTube Videos

Gérard it's very good to have the non phrasal  expression and then the phrasal verb. It helps a lot !

Gérard that vocabulary would be very good for François the boy who has created a café polyglotte in Gif sur Yvette near Paris. he is an aircraft fan !
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Muriel,
I guess François should know this vocabulary by heart as I should read many American/Intl articles.

Probably !

Tonight at Boulogne café polyglotte we  talked about 3 very interesting idioms.
:A pregant pause

The silence that occurs after someone has said or done something that leaves everyone who bore witness to the event speechless.

The first cousin of awkward silence.

A pregnant pause often occurs when something that requires a sarcastic response happens, but no one quite knows what to day or do.


In the middle of a group of people having a conversation, Michael picks his nose and then eats it. All conversation ceases.

(pregnant pause)

A canned laugher

recorded laughter added to a television or radio programme

A round of applause

a period of time when an audience reacts by clapping their hands
I want you all to give her a big round of applause.

How would you translate these 3 expressions into French ?

Hi Muriel,

On Internet forums dealing with computer infection repairs, we always have to ask helpees to perform the same operations.
In order to avoid to forget a step and also to be sure to use the best words, we copy and paste texts that we keep: we call them "canned speeches".

> How would you translate these 3 expressions into French ?
Our translation in France, is simply "discours en conserve" : I chose this myself and everyone in France uses it - I also had the choice "discours en boîte".

MurielB a écrit:
A canned laugher

recorded laughter added to a television or radio programme

I guess you missed a "t": A canned laughter, no?

> How would you translate these 3 expressions into French ?
The translation is "rires enregistrés".

Gérard, you can also be mad about someone or something, can't you ?

You can say "all hands on deck!" even if you're not on a ship.




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what about
back to square one

Fig. back to the beginning.

gerardM a écrit:Hi Muriel,

MurielB a écrit:what about
back to square one

Fig. back to the beginning.

I don't understand what are you responding to? "Back to square one" was mentioned 

English Idioms 2
  gerardM  le Jeu 17 Mar 2016, 11:29

gerardM a écrit:

Gérard i have missed your post and i thought It was a new idiom.Jeanne ( 2 years old is with us at the moment!)