FASCINATION

 Expand your French vocabulary as easily as the peacock fans open his tail by using cognates, or vrais amis--words in French and English that are spelled nearly or exactly the same, and have the same meaning, like fascination. There are hundreds of them!

photo courtesy of Patrick Lecron

Vocabulary

ardent: ardent

persévérance: perseverance

arrogance: arrogance

animal: animal

elegance: elegance

visible:  visible

patience: patience

impatience: impatience

admirable: admirable

brillance: brillance

romantique: romantic

vibrant: vibrant

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FIFTY SHADES OF GREEN

A peahen in the Parc Bagatelle in Paris's Bois de Boulogne on a very warm, spring day.

Vocabulary

une paonne:  a peahen

un paon:  a peacock

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Read it in French!

We're pleased to post these links to the French and English versions of a new children's story, written by my daughter and illustrated by myself:  Le lapin et la lune, écrit par Marianne Lecron, illustré par P. B. Lecron; and The Rabbit and the Moon.