nouvelle
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
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I am excited to share the good news--'les bonnes nouvelles'--with you today. My next book will be published by Simon and Schuster!
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Amicalement,
Kristin
October 19, 2005
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Today's word:
la nouvelle (noo-vel) noun, feminine
1. news
2. short story
adjective: new
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Hear the word nouvelle pronounced: Download nouvelle.wav
Citation du Jour:
L'originalité, c'est la vision nouvelle d'un thème éternel.
Originality is the new vision of an eternal theme. --Michel Ciry
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