cotillons, confetti and noise makers
What does the French word ' cotillons ' mean? How is it used in a sentence? Listen to Anne Audio.
The word cotillon is an old word that used to mean a petticoat, or raggedy skirts poor women would wear in the old days. Today, it's often plural les cotillons, and it means sets of noise-makers, confetti and streamers you get when you go to a silly party.

* « Eh, tu prendras les cotillons pour le réveillon du nouvel an? »
* "Hey, will you get the noise-makers and streamers for the New Year's party?"

Note: 'le réveillon' is a special word for either Christmas or the New Year's eve party in France.
Related: About the New Year . New Year Vocabulary . Celebrating the New Year in France . Vocabulary Test . Culture Test . 
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at dusk – French expression



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What does the French expression ‘entre chien et loup’ mean? How is it used in a sentence? Listen to Anne.



entre chien et loup – between dog and wolf. entre chien et loup means ‘at dusk’, ‘at twilight’. It describes that hour when it’s difficult to see well, between day and night, when you can’t really see if you’re looking at a dog or at a wolf. entre chien et loup is used a lot when talking about driving.



* « Ne conduis pas trop vite ce soir, on est entre chien et loup et on ne voit pas bien. »* “Don’t drive too fast this evening; at dusk, you cannot see well.”



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présent : on est entre chien et loup



imparfait : on était entre chien et loup



futur : on sera entre chien et loup



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to make a mistake – French expression



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se tromper – oneself to mislead. se tromper means ‘to make a mistake’.



* « Oh là là ! Je me suis trompé. Elle m’avait donné rendez-vous dans le VIème, mais comme elle avait écrit son message avec un chiffre romain, j’ai inversé et je suis allée dans le IVème. »* ‘Oh dear ! I made a mistake. She had given me a meeting point in the sixth arrondissement, but because she wrote her message with a Roman numeral, I switched the numbers and I went to the fourth arrondissement.’



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what a disaster – French expression



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What does ” bonjour les dégâts ” mean? How do you say ‘ what a disaster ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.



bonjour les dégâts – hello the damages – In everyday French, bonjour les dégâtsmeans ‘what a disaster’.



* « Regarde cet arrêt de bus détruit après la manif. Bonjour les dégâts ! »* “Look at the this destroyed bus stop after the demonstration. What a disaster!”



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to go over the top – French expression



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faire son cinéma – to do one’s movies. In everyday French, faire son cinéma means to be dramatic, to be over the top about something, to draw the attention onto oneself, to be a ham, to ham it up. There is another word that means the same thing. It’s cabotiner. I love cabotiner. It feels like it’s coming from old times, and as a result, it’s not very used any more. However, faire son cinéma is.



* « Je vais pas lui demander car elle va encore faire son cinéma, comme d’hab. »* “I’m not going to ask her as she’s going to go over the top, as usual.”



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présent : je fais mon cinéma, nous faisons notre cinéma



futur : je en ferai mon cinéma, nous ferons notre cinéma



présent du subjonctif : que je fasse mon cinéma , que nous fassions notre cinéma



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things behind you – French expression



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What does ” tourner la page ” mean? How do you say ‘ to put things behind you ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com



tourner la page – to turn the page. In everyday French, tourner la page means ‘to make a fresh start’, to put things behind you’.



* « Je ne sais pas comment on va pouvoir tourner la page après la covid. »* “I don’t know how we will be able to put things behind us after the pandemic.”



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