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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

pencher

to lean, tilt

Le fait que la table penche à gauche la rend folle.
The fact that the table tilts to the left drives her crazy.

TODAY
We always enjoy exploring French verbs that are important to everyday conversation but that don’t always make the cut of words commonly learned in traditional French classes. This week, we’ll attempt to uncover some of these common but uncommonly-taught verbs.

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QUIZ LINK
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Vocabulary Section: Verbs, Word of the Day