Assimil French Flashcards

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1
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It’s obvious that you come from amongst the angels.

A

Ça se voit que tu viens de chez les anges.

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Let’s listen as he tells the rest of this story.

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Écoutons quand il raconte la suite de cette histoire.

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You know its peculiarities of style, its moods.

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Vous connaissez ses particularités de style, ses humeurs.

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They’ve known each other for six months.

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Ils se connaissent depuis six mois.

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He blushed to his ears.

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Il a rougi jusqu’aux oreilles.

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He thought it was his.

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Il croyait que ç’était à lui.

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So turn your back on the salesman for a moment and listen to this diologue.

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Alors, tournez le dos au vendeur un instant et ecoutez ce diologue.

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You have this book in your hands and you wonder if it’s for you.

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Vous avez ce livre entre les mains et vous vous demendez s’il est pour vous.

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We will see their worries and their pleasures.

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Nous verrons leurs préoccupations et leurs plaisirs.

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Let’s listen instead to Anne-Marie’s version.

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Écoutons plutot la version d’Anne-Marie.

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11
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The little something that makes you live the language.

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Le petit quelque chose qui fait que vous vivez la langue.

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So this book is indeed for you. You have a good base in grammar.

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Donc, ce livre est en effet pour vous. Vous avez de bonnes bases grammaticles.

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Do you mean that your interlocutors understand you?

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Vous voulez dire que vos interlocuteurs vous comprennent?

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It is much more than the texts. It’s a journey across France and the French that we will do together.

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C’est bien plus que les textes. C’est un voyage à travers la France, et les français que nous ferons ensemble.

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At that time I was living in Italy.

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À cette époque j’habitais en Italie.

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If you spent a bit more time, you could learn faster.

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Si vous passiez un peu plus de temps, vous pourriez apprendre plus vite.

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17
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But first, let’s see what the future holds for us.

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Mais d’abord, voyons ce que l’avenir nous réserve.

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But first, let’s see what the future holds for us.

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Mais d’abord, voyons ce que l’avenir nous réserve.

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You know that the language is the reflection of the country and the people who speak it.

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Vous savez que la langue est le reflet du pays et des gens qui la parlent.

20
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Despite some difficulties at the start, you will be able from now on to get by everywhere.

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Malgré quelques difficultés au départ, vous pourrez désormais vous debrouiller partout.

21
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They met by chance in the Latin Quarter.

A

Ils se sont rencontrés par hasard au Quartier Latin.

22
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There is such a choice that sometimes you don’t know where to turn.

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Il y a un tel choix que parfois on ne sait pas où donner de la tête.

23
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To apologise, I proposed to him to go to a restaurant the next day.

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Pour m’excuser, je lui ai proposé d’aller au restaurant le lendemain.

24
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I see you coming!

A

Je vous vois venir vous!

25
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I was so embarrassed that I didn’t know where to put myself.

A

J’étais tellement gêné que je ne savais pas oú me mettre.

26
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I shouted right away.

A

J’ai crié tout de suite.

27
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Well, I’m going home.

A

Ben, je rentre chez moi.

28
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Right next to it there was another almost the same.

A

Juste à côté il y en avait un autre presque pareille.

29
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I decided to make a career in education.

A

Je me suis décidé à faire carrière dans l’enseignement.

30
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You will make great progress by working every day.

A

Vous ferez de grands progrès en travaillant tous les jours.

31
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Ladies first!

A

Place aux dames!

32
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This is Anne-Marie, she is twenty-two years old and she is a travel agent. She lives in the western suburbs.

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Voici Anne-Marie elle a vingt-deux ans et elle est agent de voyages. Elle habite la banlieue ouest.

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We are going to follow the story of two young people in their everyday life.

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Nous allons suivre l’histoire de deux jeunes gens dans leur vie de tous les jours.

34
Q

You hit it in the bull’s eye!

A

Tu l’as mis dans le mille!

35
Q

She didn’t invent hot water.

A

Elle n’as pas inventé l’eau chaude.

36
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Of this way, we will know better perhaps, how people live today in France.

A

De cette façon, nous saurons peut-etre mieux comment on vit aujourd’hui en France.

37
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As long as you know what you’re doing.

A

Du moment que tu sais ce que tu fais.

38
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You have worked well but you have still things to learn.

A

Vous avez bien travaillé mais vous avez encore des choses à apprendre.

39
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Their first meeting was not very romantic.

A

Leur première rencontre n’as pas été très romantique.

40
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Their first meeting was not very romantic.

A

Leur première rencontre n’as pas été très romantique.

41
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You are living a difficult time, but when you (will) finish this book everything will be fine.

A

Vous êtes en train de vivre une période difficile, mais quand vous finirez ce livre tout ira bien.

42
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I have been in Paris for four years only.

A

Je suis à Paris depuis quatre ans seulement.

43
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I’m originally from Le Havre.

A

Je suis originaire du Havre.

44
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You’re joking! We don’t believe in those things.

A

Vous plaisantez! Nous ne croyons pas à ces choses-là.

45
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You mustn’t take your study too seriously.

A

Il ne faut pas que vous preniez votre étude trop sérieusement.

46
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At least, I make myself understood.

A

Du moins, je me fais comprendre.

47
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She is passionate about music and loves cinema.

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Elle est passionnée de musique et adore le cinéma.