“From “doing as the Romans do” to your date insisting on “going Dutch,” there is no shortage of international idioms in English.” This article explains the interesting origins of several popular idioms, including all of these. ~ learn more
They’ve been complaining formally and frequently about the fact that the word ‘lift’ is engraved on seatbelts in English but not French. The court has forced Air Canada to pay up for this transgression. | learn more
“Amazon could build a stake of almost a third in warehouse robotics firm Balyo in the next seven years, as part of a deal that could boost sales of the French company’s technology for self-driving forklift trucks.” | learn more
“As I looked around, I noticed that the most successful people I know have one thing in common: they are masters at eliminating the unnecessary from their lives. The French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry hit on the same idea, writing […]
“More than half of the paintings in a museum in French artist Étienne Terrus’ birthplace were fake.” | learn more