It’s time to share some of the French words that were new to me. If you speak or read French, maybe they’ll be useful to you, too. And if I have missed something subtle in their meaning, let me know.
- bagnole — voiture (a car)
- virée — petit rendre-visite (a small trip, a hike, etc.)
- revendiquer — to claim
- raté — failed, attempted, missed, abortive (adj./pp.) or failure, misfire, backfire (n.)
- portiques — gates, turnstiles
- rien que… — just…
- jeu de mot — pun
- étonnant — amazing, enormous
- touche — un clef sur le clavier de l’ordinateur (keybord key)