Wednesday, May 9, 2012

un trêve


Definition: truce, respite

Il semble qu'une trêve dans ce pays soit impossible - It seems like a truce in that country is impossible.

Related: s'accorder une trêve - to allow oneself a moment's peace; faire trêve à - (literary) to rest from; trêve de ça - enough of that, joking aside; sans trêve - unceasingly

(click the little graphic below to hear the Mot du jour pronounced)
Pronunciation: [trev]Audio Link
http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/g/treve.htm

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