Lesson of November 28, 2023

Question 1

What is “direction” as in:

The decision comes from …………………

Answer 1

management

Question 2

What is the difference between “personal” and “personnel”?

Answer 2

“Personal” is an adjective that refers to a person. E.g.: She has personal problems.

“Personnel” is a synonym of “staff”. E.g.: Our personnel is highly qualified.

Question 3

What is “courant” or “électricité” and what is “panne d’électricité”?

Answer 3

Power

Power outage

Question 4

What do we call the top hockey players wear and that has their number and name on it?

Answer 4

jersey

Question 5

What’s the difference between “interested” and “interesting”?

Answer 5

Interested describes a person who has a feeling of liking something or wanting to learn more about something.

Interesting describes the thing or the person that makes someone feel that way.

E.g.:
I’m not interested in sports.
I find that sport very interesting.
Nathalie is an interesting person to talk to. She is interested in many things.

Question 6

What is a “bouchée” and a “gorgée” in English?

Example: I had a ………….. of my sandwich and a ……….. of coffee but I didn’t have time to finish my meal.

Answer 6

bite

sip

Example: I had a bite of my sandwich and a sip of coffee but I didn’t have time to finish my meal.

Question 7

What is “mousse” and “mousseur” when talking about coffee?

Answer 7

froth

frother