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...your Feb. 8 cover portrait: the hat may be that of Napoleon, the bust that of Louis XIV, but the words coming from le grand Charles's mouth can only be those of that witty but cynical monarch Louis XV: "Aprés moi, le déluge...
...piece of bread the pas. Remember the sandwich." chirps Dawn reminding the viewer to use ne and pas and keep them apart. To teach the French possessive RTF uses a song-and-mime team called the Frères Jacques, who pretend to be burglars tirelessly dividing loot à moi; à toi, à toi, à lui, until even a Kansas City house dick would get the idea. Hachette teaches the future tense in a setting where any other tense would be out of place: a fortuneteller's booth. To help learners catch elusive French intonation, Hachette uses another gimmick...
...chic drink. Françoise Sagan's heroes and heroines would not be caught dead or in bed drinking cognac. When they ask for their Scotch by brand, most Frenchmen specify Ballanteen, Egg et Egg or Black et Huit. But mostly it's just "Donnez-moi un baby"-half a shot of Scotch...
...Noelle, sent her off to take singing lessons; she has been dancing for 19 of her 27 years, but has never sung before. She stretches to her full 5 ft. 4 in. and, for a change, faces the audience as she sings: Cett' jolie poupee, c'est moi. Jolie a croquer, c'est moi...
...Grendel, i.e. Grendel's mother's ("mother of Grendel, an anti-social type") husband. Charisma and Beowulf then sing of the joyous life they will have together as the defeated Mathiez writhes in the corner: "We'll just be petty bourgeoisl I'll pet you, you'll pet moi...