It is only when you are fully stretched out on the sand, your toes fan-shaped, and the sea for all horizons that the holidays really begin.
"Beach, shore bordering the sea, covered with sand or pebbles"
, the beach is the place to relax, sprinkled with a bit of mystery.
You never really know what the depths of the sea are home to.
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, this word of which you do not suspect the origin
Languishing on the hot sand, we hear a bunch of specific little words bursting around:
“rollers”
,
“parasols”
,
“naturists”
,
“swimsuits”
,
“sarong”
,
“spray”
... They mark the beginning of what we had been waiting for a year: the summer vacation.
The dictionary is teeming with these terms that smell like hot sand.
But what do they really mean?
Le Figaro
reveals their history to you with a short test.