Echapper belle: What we are avoiding, alluding, dodging, and running away from this week!

After moving to La Ciotat seven months ago, we love our new city more than ever. But there is one thing driving us far far away this week...

Today's French word: échapper

    : to escape, outrun, slip away from

...and the popular French expression échapper belle (to have a lucky escape, to escape by the skin of one's teeth, to just make it out in time)

AUDIO FILE

Click here to listen to "echapper" and the following phrase

Pour nous échapper des gros travaux de démolition qui commencent...