Wort der Woche: denken.
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Jun
30
2010
30
2010
Erweitere Deinen Wortschatz!
Jun
30
2010
30
2010
French vocabulary: Home
Learn some French vocabulary related to the home.
More: French vocabulary
Jun
30
2010
30
2010
La Francophonie-You choose!
On parle pas mal de la France sur ce blog, mais à la fin du compte, il s’agit de la langue française, pas le pays. We speak a good bit about France on this blog, but at the end of the day, it’s about the French language, not the country.
So, ça va changer. Here are [...]
Jun
29
2010
29
2010
Only the Shadow Knows
The New York Times, in Abuse Loosens Church’s Culture of Silence in Italy, notes that:
In Italy, the “ombra del cupolone,” or shadow of the dome of St. Peter’s, reaches far, and the church has long maintained a forceful grip on public life, if not in Italians’ private lives. But slowly, the sexual abuse crisis that [...]
Jun
29
2010
29
2010
Bocca di Rosa
A few days ago all the major Italian newspapers reported that Liliana Tassio, who is believed to have been the inspiration behind the song Bocca di Rosa (Rose Mouth) by il cantautore (the singer-song-writer) Fabrizio De Andrè, had died in Genova, at the age of 88.
Published in 1967, Bocca di Rosa is a ballade dedicated [...]