The French preposition sans means “without” and is also used in numerous idiomatic expressions. Learn how to say homeless, otherwise, barefoot, and more with this list of expressions with sans.
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French phrases: Expressions with Sans
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French Television
When I lived in France, I loved to watch French television. Not because I really like television (I don’t usually watch much under normal circumstances), but because:
1) I could learn new vocabulary and get great listening practice with images to help
2) I could find something to talk about with my French friends to get better [...]
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Spanish Idiom August 31, 2009
“Por un pelito de rana” literally means “by a frog’s whisker”. The colloquial equivalent in English is “a close shave”, as when we narrowly escape from danger.
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Homophones: Different Words That Sound Alike
If you know how a Spanish word is spelled, with rare exceptions you can tell how it’s pronounced. But the opposite isn’t always true: Spanish has its share of words that are pronounced the same even though they’re spelled differently. Knowing these homophones can give you a head start in working on your Spanish spelling. [...]
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Dante: Italian Mercenary and Video Game Superhero
It was bound to happen eventually. Dante Alighieri’s three-part epic, La Divina Commedia, is now a video game. Loosely based on the first canto of the poem, the hero of the Dante’s Inferno video game is a soldier who “defies death and fights for love against impossible odds.” In the new digital medium, the Italian [...]