Here are some excerpts from different songs. For each excerpt, there are two things to do: Guess the missing word or words. Tell who the song is from.
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Country roads, take me home…
“Take Me Home, Country Roads”, also known simply as “Take Me Home” or “Country Roads”, is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver about West Virginia. The song has a special place as an iconic symbol of West Virginia, which it describes as “Almost Heaven”. In March 2014, it became one … Continue Reading
Understanding “I wasn’t expecting that!”
Here is a romantic song that you may like. Let’s listen to it once just to enjoy it, and a second time, more carefully, to try and understand it better. You can then test your listening comprehension with the interactive quiz in the English Gym below.
Time of my life
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton met them for a debate, a few days ago.
Le P’tit Quinquin, the lullaby of the children of the north
It was my friend Brigitte who first told me about “Le P’tit Quinquin” many years ago. We were coming back from a walk. After doing a tour of Lille citadel, we passed by Quai du Wault and walked through Foch Dutilleul Square, and at the end of the square, where it joins Nationale Street, there … Continue Reading