La guillotine

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Oui Chef ! Join Alexa and her co-stars to discover what French words are used in the English speaking cooking world.

Heads will roll today! Join Alexa and her co-stars if you want to learn more about the infamous guillotine.

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Bonjour ! I’m Alexa Polidoro, the Internet’s favourite French teacher! Over the last 10 years, The 'Learn French With Alexa' team and myself have been creating awesome French Learning videos, programmes and resources, enjoyed by millions and millions of students across Social Media and the Learn French With Alexa websites. But now... after 10 years of absence... I'm back in the 'audio realm' talking your ears off in my new podcast! In each episode of our first season, we teach a French word, look at where it comes from and take a deep dive into the language and culture that surrounds it. So come join me, Alexa Polidoro, and my co-hosts, on an exciting linguistic adventure in the new Learn French With Alexa podcast! Merci, au revoir, et bisou bisou.

French for Beginners. French with Alexa Lesson 15 is presented by the talented Alexa Polidoro from learnfrenchwithalexa.com. After many years of developing and harnessing her language-teaching skills with The French Ecole, Alexa has now created an audio treat for people who wish to learn a new language from scratch, without any pressure, in fun, relaxed, and manageable chunks. Highlights of lesson 15 include: revision of the previous seven lessons; a fun listening comprehension; asking questions with interrogative adverbs (part 3); and all the usual bits and bobs. Visit learnfrenchwithalexa.com for more great language-learning audio for adults and children.

French for Beginners. French with Alexa Lesson 14 is presented by the talented Alexa Polidoro from learnfrenchwithalexa.com. After many years of developing and harnessing her language-teaching skills with The French Ecole, Alexa has now created an audio treat for people who wish to learn a new language from scratch, without any pressure, in fun, relaxed, and manageable chunks. Highlights of lesson 14 include: some more useful vocabulary; translation and analysis of a text; asking questions with "interrogative adverbs"; and all the usual bits and bobs. Visit learnfrenchwithalexa.com for more great language-learning audio for adults and children.

French for Beginners. French with Alexa Lesson 13 is presented by the talented Alexa Polidoro from learnfrenchwithalexa.com. After many years of developing and harnessing her language-teaching skills with The French Ecole, Alexa has now created an audio treat for people who wish to learn a new language from scratch, without any pressure, in fun, relaxed, and manageable chunks. Highlights of lesson 13 include: a listening comprehension exercise; a look at "possessive adjectives": how to say "my", "his", "your", etc; different ways of asking questions; and all the usual bits and bobs. Visit learnfrenchwithalexa.com for more great language-learning audio for adults and children.