Instead of memorizing vocabulary words, work your way through an actual well-written novel. Even novices can follow along as each individual English paragraph is paired with the corresponding French paragraph. It won't be an easy project, but you'll learn a lot.
The Countess of Tidal Bore appeared on the steps just as her husband, who was returning, arrived under the carriage entrance.
As a young girl struggles to make sense of the events that unfold in the final semester of her college career, she becomes involved in a groundbreaking research project attempting to create the basis for computer generated life.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.