Vendredi 6 novembre 2009 5 06 /11 /Nov /2009 23:49

In one of the coursebooks they talk about 'boost company morale". When I looked "moral" up in the dictionnary, I made an interesting discovery!

English                           French

the morale                     le moral
the moral                       la morale


How not to get confused!!

Example sentences:

English

And the moral of the story is that crime doesn't pay.
(moral = a practical lesson that a story, an event or an experience teaches you)

The management want to improve staff morale.
(morale = the amount of confidence and enthusiasme that a person or a group has at a particular time)





Par EFL Teacher - Publié dans : Vocabulary
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Vendredi 6 novembre 2009 5 06 /11 /Nov /2009 23:33

Why would I want to write a blog?  It will probably not get noticed amidst the millions of other blogs on the web.
But I really think it would be a pity not to find a way to "remember" all the interesting things that come out of the English lessons, like:
- words that cannot be translated: either from French to English or the other way round
- very common mistakes; why it's wrong and how to say it correctly
- false friends
- interesting differences between English and French
- etc. etc.

Please feel welcome to add comments or ask questions...

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