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How<br />

to say...<br />

Bouteille<br />

[Boo-tay]<br />

Bottle<br />

Fun French<br />

ANAGRAMS<br />

Find the French<br />

words for farm animals<br />

1 Nispuos<br />

2 Sibrbe<br />

3 Leopu<br />

4 Nauage<br />

5 Naotlé<br />

6 Iretu<br />

Answers<br />

Idiom: C) – To stick one’s nose in; Les deux font<br />

la paire: A) Boutons de manchette – cufflinks;<br />

B) Mouchoir – handkerchief; C) Collier – necklace;<br />

D) Bague – ring; Qui suis-je? Simone Veil;<br />

What’s on the menu? Lapin – rabbit; Lièvre –<br />

hare; Chevreuil – venison; Sanglier – wild boar;<br />

Caille – quail; Perdrix – partridge; Canard – duck;<br />

What’s at the market? Noix – walnut; Amande<br />

– almond; Noix de cajou – cashew; Pignon de pin<br />

– pine nut; Noisette – hazelnut; Marron – chestnut;<br />

Pistache – pistachio; Anagrams: Poussin – chick;<br />

Brebis – ewe; Poule – hen; Agneau – lamb; Étalon<br />

– stallion; Truie – sow; Find the quote: ‘Juger un<br />

homme par ses questions plutôt que par ses<br />

réponses.’ ‘Judge a man by his questions rather<br />

than by his answers.’<br />

COMPETITION<br />

Les Mots Fléchés<br />

The winner of this month’s<br />

competition will receive the<br />

Michel Thomas Perfect<br />

French CD-audio course,<br />

published by Hodder &<br />

Stoughton. It will help<br />

intermediates take their<br />

French to the next level and<br />

gain confidence without<br />

VOILIER À<br />

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INDUL -<br />

GENTES<br />

CAPITALE<br />

DU BÉARN<br />

OCÉAN<br />

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SAINTE<br />

PETIT<br />

JARDIN<br />

PAS BIEN<br />

VILLE DE<br />

NORMANDIE<br />

DÉVÊTUE<br />

POUFFÉ<br />

TROUVE LA<br />

SOLUTION<br />

SPHÉRIQUE<br />

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memorise everything. The<br />

pack, which retails at £100,<br />

contains ten hours of audio<br />

learning on CD, more than<br />

three hours of extra<br />

vocabulary help,<br />

a visual learning review and<br />

interactive exercises.<br />

CROYANT<br />

APRÈS<br />

BIS<br />

R<br />

MANIE<br />

OBSCURITÉ<br />

N<br />

U<br />

WIN!<br />

NAÏVE<br />

PALMERAIE<br />

MINABLES<br />

DANS<br />

ILE<br />

GRECQUE<br />

DIEU<br />

ÉGYPTIEN<br />

DEUXIÈME<br />

PERSONNE<br />

E S O U T<br />

CONJONC -<br />

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LANGUAGE<br />

AFFLUENT<br />

DE LA<br />

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BAT<br />

LE ROI<br />

POUR<br />

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LE THÉ<br />

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206 CHEZ<br />

L’HOMME<br />

NON À<br />

MOSCOU<br />

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PRÉCISE<br />

July Mots Fléchés winner<br />

The winner of the July Mots Fléchés<br />

competition is Jane White, from<br />

Edinburgh. The mystery town was Calais<br />

in the Pas-de-Calais département.<br />

To enter: Complete the Mots Fléchés grid and note all the letters in the grey squares. Rearrange<br />

these letters to spell a French town or city and send this answer, together with your name, telephone<br />

number and address, to editorial@francemag.com or write to FRANCE Magazine, Les Mots Fléchés,<br />

Cumberland House, Oriel Road, Cheltenham, GL50 1BB. Entries close 30 August <strong>2017</strong>.<br />

Last month’s Les Mots Fléchés answers will be posted on our website www.francemag.com/quiz and<br />

appear in the October issue, on sale on 30 August <strong>2017</strong>. The answers to this month’s competition will be<br />

on the website from 6 <strong>September</strong> <strong>2017</strong>, and in the November <strong>2017</strong> issue, on sale on 4 October <strong>2017</strong>.<br />

FIND THE QUOTE Slice up the baguette where the spaces should be to reveal a saying by French writer Voltaire.<br />

Jugerunhommeparsesquestions<br />

plutôtqueparsesréponses<br />

www.completefrance.com FRANCE MAGAZINE 99

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