107 Flashcards

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Quel plaisir de te revoir

A

It’s so good to see you again

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Toi aussi. Tu es plus jolie que jamais.

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So do you. You’re as pretty as ever.

I’m tired - So am I

I was tired - So was I

She went to leeds University = So did I

Auxiliaire do pour les autres verbes

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Faites comme chez vous

Faites comme chez toi

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  • Make yourselves at home
  • Make yourself at home ( singulier)

at home: à l’aise

  • She feels at home in England

Elle se sent <strong>à l’aise en</strong> Angleterre

  • He feels totally at home with Russian

Il se sent parfaitement <strong>à l’aise en</strong> Russe

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  • Elle se sent à l’aise en Angleterre
  • Il se sent parfaitement à l’aise en Russe
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  • She feels at home in England
  • He feels totally at home with Russian

<span><strong>at home</strong></span>: à l’aise

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You’re sleeping upstairs in my room

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Vous dormez en haut dans ma chambre.

a stair : une marche d’escalier

I met her on the stairs

Je l’ai rencontré dans les escaliers​

a staircase escalier.

He ran upstairs

Il a monté l’escalier en courant

My upstairs neighbours are very noisy

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I’ll take the spare room. I’m used to sleeping on the couch

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They’re used to working at weekends.

Ils ont <span><strong>l’habitude de travailler</strong></span> le week-ends.

She’s not used to her new glasses

Elle ne s’est pas habituée à ses nouvelles lunettes

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Right, you wash and change while I pop out to the shops.

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Bien, lavez-vous et changez-vous pendant que je fais un saut aux magasins.

to pop = sens de vitesse

  • She said she’d pop in and see us tomorrow

Elle a dit qu’elle ferait un saut pour nous voir demain.

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It’s such a fine day. Let’s eat outside and make the most of the sunshine.

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to make the most of: Tirer le meilleur parti.

  • Make the most of the hot weather; it won’t last.

Profitez du beau temps; il ne durera pas

  • They made the most of their short visit.

Ils ont tiré le meilleur parti de leur courte visite.

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Simon, will you fetch the knives and forks? And some plates, too.

Fetch: Fètch

Knives: naïvz

Forks: Forks

Plates: Plaïts

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Simon, veux-tu aller chercher les couteaux et les fourchettes? Et des assiettes aussi.

To fetch: aller chercher quelque chose ou quelqu’un et le ramener vers l’endroit ou se trouve le locuteur.

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Which ones shall I bring?

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Lesquelles devrai- je apporter?

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There’s no wine, but you can have some beer instead

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Il n’y a pas de vin, mais vous pouvez boire d ela bière à la place.

  • instead = au lieu de

( en début ou fin de phrase)

  • Instead of:

Let’s go to the movies instead of going to work. ( gérondif)

Beverley came instead of laura. ( pronom)

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Salford 779-3601. Hello?

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Double seven nine three six oh one.

Pour trois chiffres: Triple tripœl

Allo? =Hello

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Could I speak to Catherine Barnes, please?

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Pourrais-je parler à Catherine barnes?

could = conditionnel de can

Politesse dans les phrases interrogatives au lieu de can.

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I’d like you to come for an interview with our company.

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J’aimerais que vous veniez pour un entretien avec notre société.

Conditionnel = would

✦✦✦

Subjonctif

We’d like her to come<span>qu’elle vienne </span>for an interview

I want them to come <span>qu’ils viennent</span>home

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But I sent you an application and a cv more than six months ago

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Il y a plus de 6 mois.

ago( il y a )= + passé simple et après l’expression de temps

I sent you a letter six weeks ago

Je vous ai envoyé une lettre il y a six semaines

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