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c black avril [avʀil]masculine noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ Les noms de mois s'écrivent avec une majuscule en anglais.* * *avʀilnom masculin April* * *avʀil nmSee:* * *avril ⇒ Les mois de l'année nm April.en avril, ne te découvre pas d'un fil, en mai fais ce qu'il te plaît Prov ne'er cast a clout till May be out Prov.[avril] nom masculinvoir aussi link=mars mars -
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c black mai [mε]masculine noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ Les noms de mois s'écrivent avec une majuscule en anglais.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━LE PREMIER MAI/LE 8 MAILe premier mai is a public holiday in France. It is known as « la fête du Travail » (« Labor Day ») and commemorates the trades union demonstrations in the United States in 1886 when workers demanded the right to an eight-hour working day. Sprigs of lily of the valley are traditionally exchanged.Le 8 mai is also a public holiday and commemorates the surrender of the German army to Eisenhower on 7 May, 1945. It is marked by parades of ex-servicemen and ex-servicewomen in most towns.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━In 1968, unrest in French industry and among students resulted in huge demonstrations in May followed by a general strike. The events were perceived as a challenge to the established order and a cry for freedom. The government was not in fact overthrown and order soon returned. The term « soixante-huitard » literally means a person who participated in the events, but as an adjective it also describes the kind of ideals held by many of the demonstrators.* * *mɛnom masculin May* * *mɛ nmSee:* * *[mɛ] nom masculin[mois] Mayvoir aussi link=mars marsThe events of May 1968 came about when student protests, coupled with widespread industrial unrest, culminated in a general strike and rioting. De Gaulle's government survived the crisis, but the issues raised made the events a turning point in French social history.
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ne’er cast a clout till May be out — A warning not to leave off old or warm clothes until the end of May. The proverb does not refer to May blossom, as is sometimes assumed. 1706 J. STEVENS Spanish & English Dict. s.v. Mayo, Hasta passado Mayo no te quites el sayo, Do not leave off… … Proverbs new dictionary
ne'er cast a clout till May be out — ► ne er cast a clout till May be out proverb do not discard your winter clothes until the end of May. Main Entry: ↑clout … English terms dictionary
clout — ► NOUN 1) informal a heavy blow. 2) informal influence or power. 3) archaic a piece of cloth or clothing. ► VERB informal ▪ hit hard. ● ne er cast a clout till May be out Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
clout — [OE] In Old English, a clout was a patch of cloth put over a hole to mend it. Hence in due course it came to be used simply for a ‘piece of cloth’, and by further extension for a ‘garment’ (as in ‘Ne’er cast a clout till May be out’). However,… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
clout — [OE] In Old English, a clout was a patch of cloth put over a hole to mend it. Hence in due course it came to be used simply for a ‘piece of cloth’, and by further extension for a ‘garment’ (as in ‘Ne’er cast a clout till May be out’). However,… … Word origins
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clout — see ne’er cast a clout till May be out … Proverbs new dictionary
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