I've heard the word frôler used many different ways over the years, and now I'm hearing it again in reference to the weather. It means "to brush with/up against" as in having a brush with death (see the image at left), or frôler la mort. These days, the tv weather people are having a good time saying our temperatures vont frôler les vingt degrées. I translate that as temperatures will "flirt" with 20º, kind of like brushing up against or touching briefly. Twenty degrees celsius is about 68º F. Not quite July weather.
Image from : http://www.strangenewproducts.com/2006_01_01_archive.html
A big woof to Callie on her birthday! ;)
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