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Le Corbusier
History & The Arts

Le Corbusier

...Le Corbusier] Date: (1887 - 1965) Nationality: Swiss Famous Buildings: L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion (Paris) Villa Savoye (Poissy) Unité d'Habitation (Marseilles) L'Esprit Nouveau Le Corbusier is without doubt the most influential, most admired, and most maligned architect of the twentieth century. Through his writing and his buildings, he is the main player in the Modernist...
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Julian Le Grand
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Julian Le Grand

Sir Julian Le Grand is Professor of Social Policy at the Marshall Institute, LSE.
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Crime fiction in French: le polar français
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Crime fiction in French: le polar français

...être légion être nombreux se tailler se faire le tirage l’action d’imprimer être contraint être obligé truculent singulier virulent intense à l’instar de à la manière de Using the following two lists, match each numbered item with the correct letter. être légion se tailler le tirage être contraint truculent virulent à......
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Dame Stella Rimington on John le Carré
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Dame Stella Rimington on John le Carré

British author and former Director General of MI5, Dame Stella Rimington, tells us why she thinks John le Carré is the master of the spy novel in Cold War times and draws on her own experience...Transcript This video was taken from exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of OU/BBC co-production Sleuths, Spies and Sorcerers: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes. More on spy novels
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Llywio drwy les: Edrych ar iechyd meddwl a lles
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Llywio drwy les: Edrych ar iechyd meddwl a lles

...les’: Cyflwr lles ble mae pob unigolyn yn cyflawni eu potensial, yn gallu ymdopi gyda straen arferol bywyd, yn gallu gweithio’n gynhyrchiol ac yn llwyddiannus, ac yn gallu cyfrannu at gymdeithas. Mae’n gyflwr o les corfforol, meddyliol a chymdeithasol llawn, nid absenoldeb salwch neu wendid yn unig. Er bod canmol i’r diffiniad hwn, bu rhywfaint o feirniadaeth...
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Intermediate French: 14 July
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Intermediate French: 14 July

...le passé composé (‘compound past’) in French. The first part is either the verb avoir or the verb être, the second part is the past participle of the main verb. The French passé composé can be translated into English in different ways. ‘Avoir’ + past participle This is how the passé composé is formed for the majority of French verbs. Des millions de...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon
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Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon

...Le commissariat, c'est où? Christine C'est quai Saint Lazare. Using ‘être’ Il/elle est Below are examples of talking about nationalities using part of the verb être (to be): Elle est anglaise. She's English. ll est irlandais. He's Irish. ll and elle are not only used to replace the name of a man or a woman, but also masculine and feminine nouns. Le musée? IL est...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
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Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...Les bronzés font du ski (1979) comédie Être et avoir (2002) documentaire Using the following two lists, match each numbered item with the correct letter. Chantons sous la pluie (1952) a.comédie musicale The correct answers are: 1 = a Using the following two lists, match each numbered item with the correct letter. Ascenseur pour l’échafaud (1958) La guerre des...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs