Earlier this week, on Facebook, I posted Snoopy's message (even if I didn't believe a word of it): Chaque fois que tu trouves de l'humour dans une situation difficile, tu gagnes. une broutille (broo-tee) a trifle, a small matter, a little thing, nothing Audio File: Listen to Max Download MP3 or Wav file Ils se sont disputés pour une broutille. They got in a fight over a little matter. perdre son temps à des broutilles = to waste one's time on unimportant matters se préoccuper de broutilles = to focus on insignificant details s'inquiéter pour des broutilles = to worry about nothing se disputer pour des (ou une) broutilles = to fight over nothing A Day in a French Life... by Kristin Espinasse On Monday morning I quietly packed an overnight bag and left it on the edge of my bed. Next, I drew a few deep breaths, clicked open my blog, and began searching the archives for a post to rerun. Though I have gone to work and written stories under more nerve-racking circumstances, this time the energy-fueling crisis could not be put to constructive use--not even for sentence construction (emotional turmoil can be an adept wordsmith). As I...