I know how you feel about being left out of a trip, though. :( I missed out a trip to Maui two summers ago for stupid reasons.
And hey, you're probably right about being able to go on your own when you're a doctor, especially with lots of programs out there like Doctors Without Borders. :)
I've also just found out that "grappe" can be used to refer to any cluster of fruit or flowers! So theoretically you could talk about "une grappe de bananes" - a bunch of bananas. :3
My favourite quick word-search translation is this website: http://www.wordreference.com/ It's the most epic dictionary ever (and also has other languages, including Spanish!) The nice thing about it is that it gives you the connotations of words, too, and suggest individual usages. It avoids things like looking up the word for "fan" (as in, "I'm a fan of Harry Potter") and writing down the French word for fan (as in that thing that moves air). ;)
Oh, another interesting French word that means different things in English: "sauvage". It's where we get our word "savage" from. Calling aboriginal North Americans "savages" comes from people in New France... except that they weren't calling them "savage" at all, but more along the lines of a neutral "wild", which doesn't have crazy or rugged connotations. It's more like "natural". In fact, you frequently see on juice boxes the words "baies sauvages" - wild berries - with the connotation of it being non-cultivated, healthy fruit. :)
"Not his Laurence, but as a person worth protecting for his own merit and not just the potentially for Laurence to approve." A lovely thought. :)
"England was ready to give APES the right to vote before women (and without considering that right for black men)." I've heard of that! Was it actually seriously considered, or was it a rhetorical argument?
"At first, RAEG!!!! and JEALOUSY. She used to be a lot more special, as The Firebreather, and now Granby is fussing over another dragon. HER GRANBY." I can definitely see her reaction being one of overwhelming jealousy, for sure. I also like the idea of her being brought over not because Laurence needs help - and Granby presumably asks her - but because she can therefore prove her superiority to him by teaching him something he should already know.
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Date: 2011-03-02 02:32 am (UTC)And hey, you're probably right about being able to go on your own when you're a doctor, especially with lots of programs out there like Doctors Without Borders. :)
I've also just found out that "grappe" can be used to refer to any cluster of fruit or flowers! So theoretically you could talk about "une grappe de bananes" - a bunch of bananas. :3
My favourite quick word-search translation is this website: http://www.wordreference.com/ It's the most epic dictionary ever (and also has other languages, including Spanish!) The nice thing about it is that it gives you the connotations of words, too, and suggest individual usages. It avoids things like looking up the word for "fan" (as in, "I'm a fan of Harry Potter") and writing down the French word for fan (as in that thing that moves air). ;)
Oh, another interesting French word that means different things in English: "sauvage". It's where we get our word "savage" from. Calling aboriginal North Americans "savages" comes from people in New France... except that they weren't calling them "savage" at all, but more along the lines of a neutral "wild", which doesn't have crazy or rugged connotations. It's more like "natural". In fact, you frequently see on juice boxes the words "baies sauvages" - wild berries - with the connotation of it being non-cultivated, healthy fruit. :)
"Not his Laurence, but as a person worth protecting for his own merit and not just the potentially for Laurence to approve." A lovely thought. :)
"England was ready to give APES the right to vote before women (and without considering that right for black men)." I've heard of that! Was it actually seriously considered, or was it a rhetorical argument?
"At first, RAEG!!!! and JEALOUSY. She used to be a lot more special, as The Firebreather, and now Granby is fussing over another dragon. HER GRANBY." I can definitely see her reaction being one of overwhelming jealousy, for sure. I also like the idea of her being brought over not because Laurence needs help - and Granby presumably asks her - but because she can therefore prove her superiority to him by teaching him something he should already know.