Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Wednesday Mad-Libs


...in which I take a bunch of completely random* words from the dictionary for your vocabulary learning entertainment.

Our words today are:
achever
verbe
concentré
nom masculin, participe passé, adjectif
ébriété
nom féminin
facile
adjectif
indécent
adjectif
passant
nom masculin, participe présent

What do they mean? 
It’s a tough one today; some of these words have different meanings depending on usage. Please pay attention to the multiple definitions.

achever
to finish a project, to conclude something. Often used in the imperative (achève!) to tell someone to get to the point!” when talking.
concentré
a concentrate(noun), concentrated(past tense verb) concentrated(adjective)
ébriété
intoxication (state of). A formal way to refer to drunkeness
facile
easy
indécent
indecent
passant
a passerby(noun), passing(verb). “En passant” is an expression meaning “by the way”. Literally “in passing”.


Let’s see these new words in action!

Hier, j’ai vu un homme en état d’ébriété harceler un passant. C’est facile d’être indécent de nos jours. On nous offre des concentrés d’alcool qui vont vite nous achever!  En passant, j’ai concentré très fort et j’ai trouvé la solution qui me permettra d’achever mon garage.


 Today's challenge:
  1. Translate the paragraph back to English. (Feel free to take it to the comments, I will help if I need to)
  2. Write a few sentences using some of today’s words 

*Actually chosen by l'internaute.

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