Life together in a bi-lingual relationship

for Rachel and Jean-Christophe created many amusing miscomprehensions and often sheer bewilderment. How do you translate, Don't beat around the bush and why does to be left high and dry in English, become rester en carafe in French? Excuse My French! is their solution to all this conversational confusion.

The book's content

The book comprises of 700 expressions in English and in French, divided into 12 chapters, which cover all the essential topics in life - including food and drink, money, business work and sex. It presents the essential idioms and metaphors of the other language in a fresh, light-hearted way that won’t make you feel like you’re back in a classroom.

Features and benefits

Packed with quizzes, glossaries and interesting detail on the historical contexts for how phrases were coined, and illustrated throughout with line drawings, it will improve language skills and promote the Entente Cordiale between tourists, students and business associates, as well as encourage relationships to blossom between les Gaulois et les Rosbifs all over the world!