Do you know how to say “give someone a quick call” in French? 📞

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

If you missed last Friday’s Le Cercle de Bruno, or you’d like to enjoy it again, Session 8 is ready for you.

https://www.aliceayel.com/resources/book-club-le-cercle-de-bruno-session-8/

We have finally finished chapter 4 of Bruno et la magie de l’amour,

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Have you ever tasted a chouquette?

Dear French Story Listeners,

Last week I told you about Vladimir, and how we are building his spoken French one small step at a time with the progymnasmata.

We started with a simple fable and kept going from there.

Nothing rushed and nothing forced.

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If you had a superpower, what would it be? 🦸 Bruno’s chapter 4 is tomorrow

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

A warm reminder that we’re meeting again tomorrow for Le Cercle de Bruno, to continue reading and discussing chapter 4 of Bruno et la magie de l’amour.

📅 Tomorrow’s details

Friday,

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The French word that means both “suspicion” and “a pinch of salt”

Dear French Story Listeners,

Let’s begin with one small French word, un soupçon.

It means a suspicion, that little feeling that something isn’t quite what it seems.

It also means a tiny bit, as in un soupçon de sel (a pinch of salt).

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