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French Presidential Election: What have we learned from the First Round?
Society, Politics & Law

French Presidential Election: What have we learned from the First Round?

...Le Pen. For a while it seemed as though a dead heat were on the cards but, in the end, Macron took first place, with nearly 24%, ahead of Le Pen at just under 22%. [The Conversation] Republican candidate François Fillon and far-left contender Jean-Luc Mélenchon followed close behind, with Socialist Benoît Hamon trailing badly. Despite coming second, for Le Pen and her...
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Grammar matters
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Grammar matters

...verb eat: he is to be eaten. On the other hand, there is a strong element of tongue-in-cheek here which acknowledges that grammar is in fact rarely – if ever – a matter of life and death. In practice, unless these words were used following a fatal plane crash in a remote location, it is highly unlikely that the words Let’s eat grandpa – however punctuated –...
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En rumbo: intermediate Spanish
Languages

En rumbo: intermediate Spanish

...verbs soler and acostumbrar to talk about regular activities. Describing people We’re going to listen to 6 short descriptions of people. What are the people described like? Talking about your family We’re going to listen to two women talking about their families. The first woman is from Spain and the second woman is from Colombia. Describing places We’re going to...
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Creating a different world: Celebrating Ursula K LeGuin
History & The Arts

Creating a different world: Celebrating Ursula K LeGuin

...Le Guin] Hermaphrodite beings, dragon women, ambivalent utopias and sympathetic magic. Just a tiny taste of the fantasy and science fiction worlds created by Ursula K Le Guin, who has died at the ripe age of 88. Le Guin challenged everything that came before and opened up new ways of doing fantasy and science fiction, but she was also a poet, essayist, historical fiction...
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What does the French regional election result mean?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the French regional election result mean?

...Le Pen probably won’t be the next president of France, but the regional elections are proving that her Front National has truly become a major player. [Marine LePen at a 2008 event] Marine LePen in 2008 Le Pen’s party has taken 28% of the vote in the first of two rounds to elect regional assemblies. The right wing Republican Party, led by former president Nicolas...
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Speak in colours!
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Speak in colours!

...Être la lanterne rouge- (lit. to be the red lantern), to be last Rouge comme une écrevisse- (lit. to be red like a crayfish), red as a lobster/tomato Se fâcher tout rouge-(lit. to be all red angry), to blow one’s top Green [Image of leaves with French idioms concerning the colour green written across the image] Se mettre au vert- (lit. to put oneself in the green),...
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: France
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: France

...les jours. La baguette traditionnelle est bien meilleure lorsqu’elle est fraîche, ou même encore chaude, et c’est pour cette raison que les Français vont à la boulangerie de leur quartier au moins une fois par jour. La baguette est toujours le type de pain le plus répandu, mais il en existe beaucoup d’autres. Il y a de nombreuses sortes de pains blancs. On les...
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“Beagán ar bheagán: Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth” - Athbheochan na Gaeilge ó thuaidh i ré Chomhaontú Aoine an Chéasta
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“Beagán ar bheagán: Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth” - Athbheochan na Gaeilge ó thuaidh i ré Chomhaontú Aoine an Chéasta

...le leathchéad bliain anuas, nó mar sin. Ach is cur chuige é sin a ghlanann na céadtaí bliain den stair agus den scrios a rinneadh ar an teanga, idir polasaithe agus dlithe coilíneacha fríth-Ghaeilge, den insint reatha oifigiúil. Níor chríochnaigh an Ghaeilge ina teanga ‘mionlaithe’ anseo de thaisme. Dhírigh forsaí leatromacha coimhthíocha ar an Ghaeilge...
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