Project Gutenberg 2015-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 1471 V. Payen-Payne, de (Vinchelés Payen-Payne) 1866 1945 V. Payen-Payne, de (Vincheles Payen-Payne) De V. Payen-Payne (Vinchelés Payen-Payne) Payen-Payne, de V. (Vinchelés Payen-Payne) Payen-Payne, James Bertrand de Vinchelés Vinchelés Payen-Payne, de French Idioms and Proverbs A Companion to Deshumbert's "Dictionary of Difficulties" Produced by Marcia Brooks, Hugo Voisard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "French Idioms and Proverbs" by de V. Payen-Payne is a reference guide that likely falls into the educational category, written in the early 20th century. This work serves as a comprehensive collection of French idiomatic expressions and proverbs, aiming to enhance the understanding of the French language, particularly for learners and students of French literature. The opening of this volume introduces the author’s intent to provide a well-structured resource for understanding French idioms and proverbs, complete with cross-references and quotations from notable authors. It outlines the format of the book, indicating which entries are proverbs, and includes user-friendly features such as explanations for certain English proverbs. The author also emphasizes the importance of being cautious with familiar or colloquial expressions when translating, highlighting the distinctions between various levels of language use. Overall, the introduction sets a scholarly tone for a practical guide designed to assist language learners in grasping the nuances of French expressions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 92.0 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en French language -- Terms and phrases French language -- Conversation and phrase books French language -- Idioms PC Text FR Langues Category: Language & Communication Category: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference 749312 2025-08-19T10:32:18.352873 text/html 779992 2024-10-24T14:19:08 text/html 348240 2025-08-19T10:32:37.158763 application/epub+zip 361787 2025-08-19T10:32:21.523855 application/epub+zip 299940 2025-08-19T10:32:19.806830 application/epub+zip 671859 2025-08-19T10:32:45.904768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 530244 2025-08-19T10:32:35.209767 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 466793 2022-09-21T19:40:26.659315 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 453646 2025-08-19T10:32:14.740853 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 433810 2024-10-24T14:19:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17100 2025-08-19T10:32:46.080702 application/rdf+xml 14851 2025-08-19T10:32:20.062824 image/jpeg 2455 2025-08-19T10:32:19.933825 image/jpeg 320715 2025-08-19T10:32:18.398877 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog