so far I've learned more words for farm implements than for modes of transport
That reminds me of my visit to my French pen-friend—he had a French–German dictionary he had got from his grandfather, and it was full of military vocabulary (including the phrases in the little phrasebook section I think it had) but light on useful stuff.
But it did come in very handy when we played a Pictionary-like game - he drew a bomb fuse (the cord thingy) and I decided to take his dictionary after all (rather than mine) to look up the French word because I knew it would be in there :) And indeed, it translated "Lunte" to "mèche".
Apparently, that's not even the primary meaning of "mèche" (there's also "drill", "forelock", "wisp", and "wick", for example), but I'm glad he picked that one to illustrate the word :)
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That reminds me of my visit to my French pen-friend—he had a French–German dictionary he had got from his grandfather, and it was full of military vocabulary (including the phrases in the little phrasebook section I think it had) but light on useful stuff.
But it did come in very handy when we played a Pictionary-like game - he drew a bomb fuse (the cord thingy) and I decided to take his dictionary after all (rather than mine) to look up the French word because I knew it would be in there :) And indeed, it translated "Lunte" to "mèche".
Apparently, that's not even the primary meaning of "mèche" (there's also "drill", "forelock", "wisp", and "wick", for example), but I'm glad he picked that one to illustrate the word :)