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Why was Oedipus against profanity?

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depression: i want to die

anxiety: but what if you die

me:

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This is not a drill: Netflix is making a movie about Barack Obama as a young person figuring out his place in the world

Newcomer Devon Terrell plays Barry as he moves to New York City and enrolls in Columbia University. His navigation of biracial identity seems to be particularly front and center, and the film is already drawing its share of positive reviews.

Gifs: Netflix US & Canada

WATCH THE TRAILER

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Shibe trying to calm down his rowdy pupper.

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I love how potato in French is pomme de terre, which pretty much means “earth apple.”

like what stupid frenchman saw this:

and said “zis petite légume looks like a, how you say, APPLE! hmmm… but it grows in ze earth… HON HON HON! MAIS OUI! C’EST UNE POMME DE TERRE!”

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I called Les Mis “Les Mis” today and this fuckin kid sitting near me was like “I hate when people call Les Misebrlebelseses ‘les mis’ it’s so lazy”

boy I read a 1,463-page book I will call it whatever the fuck I want, I will call it “Marius Pontmercy and Those Other Guys: A Novel” go back to your underclassman French course

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Here are some podcasts to practice for the listening part of the AP French exam! It’s always good to be familiar with different parts of francophone culture, so I’ve done my best to get varied stories throughout. 

Radio France Internationale (news)

Le Savoir Faire Du Street Artiste

Les mystères de la pâtisseries japonaises

Accents d’Europe

Journal en français facile (part of RFI)

News in Slow French

One Thing In A French Day (everyday culture)

À l’école avec Noé

Concert au théâtre du Châtelet 

Au musée de la mode

Rituel du matin

Dans le mauvais train

Vélo le soir

Another thing that I’ve found to be helpful is French lectures/podcasts on iTunes! Below are some that I’ve found useful, whether during AP French or in previous years. And yes, they’re all free!

NYU: lectures

Agnes Scott College: really basic refreshers, plus a classroom setting

Tu Sais Quoi?: little snippets of conversations on lots of topics

The Open University: cultural videos, etc

I hope that helps to get you started in your practice for the AP exam! If you have anything to add, or if any of the links are broken, please let me know!

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French sources (for intermediate or advanced learners)!

Hi :) Some time ago I asked my followers to suggest me some films/books/tv series/general sources to improve my French, and a lot of you (more than I excpected) answered. If you have other suggestions, please reblog this post and spread the knowledge! So, here you are the list of all the books/films/singers you suggested, I hope it will help some of you, too: Books:

L’étranger, Camus

Si c’était vrai…, Marc Levy

Comment je suis devenu stupide, Martin Page

Huis clos, Jean-Paul Sartre

Mateo Falcone, Prosper Mérimée

Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, Éric-Emmanuel Schmidt

Le blé en herbe, Colette

Le petit prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Le petit Nicolas, René Goscinny

Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand

Grammar book: “Action Grammaire” (for any level)

Films:

Les intouchables (2011)

Entre les murs (2008)

Amélie (2001)

Un Prophète (2009)

La Règle du Jeu (1939)

Des Hommes et des Dieux (2010)

Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (2007)

Au Revoir, les Enfants (1987)

Le passé (2013)

La vie d’Adèle (2013)

Les choristes (2004)

Jeune et jolie (2013)

L’Auberge Espagnole (2002)

Ne le Dis à personne (2006)

Chaos (2005)

Delicatessen (1991)

TV series:

RIS police scientifique

Les revenants

Extra French avec sous-titres (YouTube)

Music:

Stromae

Louise Attaque

Dionysos

Coeur de Pirate

Yelle

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si adrien parle chinois

et adrien est chat noir

est-ce que il parle chiNOIR???

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you ever look back on the ppl you used to find attractive and get mad at yourself for having bad taste?

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Don’t be so damn hard on yourself. Yeah, you screwed up. You’re not perfect, fine. Learn from it. But don’t punish yourself. Be kind to you, even when you screw up. You’ll bounce back eventually. You’ll make up for it.

Stephanie Klein (via deeplifequotes)

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“this video is not available in your country” *takes a plane overseas just to watch this fuckin video*

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Mulan by MeTaa

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has there been any new su news

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How do they make ice cream in Zootopia? Who are they milking?