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From Laura K. Lawless, your Guide to French Language
Salut les abonnés !

Gassin, France
Ce village mérite-t-il le label Un des plus beaux villages de France ?

Faux amis
Seeing isn't always believing - check out five new words that look similar but have dissimilar meanings: pédant/pedantic, petulant, solde/sold, ticket, and truand/truant.

Que as a conjunction
The French word que has numerous uses and meanings, but it's most commonly used as a conjunction, meaning "that." In English, "that" is usually optional, but que can never be omitted in French.

Bastille Day!
The French national holiday commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which took place on 14 July 1789 and marked the beginning of the French Revolution. Do you know what this event represents? When the French observe this holiday in mid-July, what ideals are they celebrating? Learn all about Bastille Day - in French or English - and listen to the Marseillaise.

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