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1
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What else?

A

Quoi d’autre?

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It’s so difficult!

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Qu’est-ce que c’est difficil!

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I’m going to try to write a bit about what I’m going to do

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Je vais essayer d’ecrire un peu à propos de ce que je vais faire.

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I must say that..

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Je dois dire que

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I miss olive

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Olive me manque

Olive manque à moi

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At least

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Au moins

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At the time, …

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À l’époque

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When ( I do something…), use future tense

When I return to Canada

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Quand je retournerais en Canada

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I get along with…

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Je m’entends bien avec…

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Almost More like a ___ than a ___

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Presque plus comme un(e) ___ que comme un(e) _____

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The only problem is that

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Le seul problème c’est que

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To seem (have an air of)

He seems happy

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Avoir l’aire + adj

Il a l’aire content

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To be lucky

We were lucky

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Avoir de la chance

On a eu de la chance

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It is required that …

We need to speak together in French

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Il faut que …(subjunctive)

Il faut que nous parlions en francais ensemble

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I understand more or less what’s happening

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Je comprende plus ou moins ce qui ce passé

Ce qui ce passe –> that which happens

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To begin to do something

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Commence à faire quelque chose

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To decide to do something

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Decider de faire quelque chose

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To pass/spend time doing something

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Passer du temps à faire quelque chose

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It’s thanks to him that…

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C’est grâce à lu que…

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I look forward to…

I’m looking forward to the holidays

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Attendre ___ avec impatience

J’attendre les vacances avec impatience

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21
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Except that

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Sauf que…

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Shut up!

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Ta gueule!

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I can’t believe it

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Je ne peux pas le croire

Coll: J’y crois pas!
Je n’arrive pas à y croire

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I have to go pick up my brother from the station at 5pm

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Je dois aller chercher mon frère a la gare a 17 heure

Chercher can mean ‘pick up’

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I have to go pick up my brother from the station at 5pm

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Je dois aller chercher mon frère a la gare a 17 heure

Chercher can mean ‘pick up’

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To be good (strong) at something

I’m good at cooking

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Être fort en ____

Je suis tres fort en cuisine

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Although ___(subjunctive)

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Bien que + subjunctive

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Various, several

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Plusieurs

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The majority of my time (check)

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La majeure parte de mon temps

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To know how to do something

I know how to play piano

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Savoir + inf

Je sais jouer du piano

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31
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To leaf through (magazines)

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Feuilleter

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Window shopping

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Faire du leche vitrine

Lit: to do some window licking

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To rummage through

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Fouiller

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34
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To know how to do something

I know how to play piano

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Savoir + inf

Je sais jouer du piano

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35
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To leaf through (magazines)

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Feuilleter

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Window shopping

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Faire du leche vitrine

Lit: to do some window licking

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37
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To rummage through

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Fouiller

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38
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“I realized that…”

I realized that my parents were going to get divorced

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Je me suis rendu compte que…

Je me suis rendu compte que mes parents allaient divorce

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“I turned around”

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Je me suis retourné

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I didn’t have the chance to…

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Je n’ai pas eu l’occasion de (inf)

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41
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To wander

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Se balader

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42
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I’d had enough

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J’en avait marre

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43
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“After seeing you, I was happy”

(Grammar) using aprés + inf.

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Aprés t’avoir vu, j’étais heureux

–> always follow aprés with an infinitive in these cases

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44
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A lot of (full of), not beaucoup

I have had plenty of opportunies to practice my French

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Plein(e) de

J’ai eu plein d’opportunites de pratiquer mon francais

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45
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Half

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Le moitié

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46
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I just (did something)

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Je viens de faire quelque chose

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47
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Busy

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Chargé(e)

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48
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I don’t want him to know that…

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Je ne veux pas qu’il sache (subjunctive)

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49
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You’re not going to believe it

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Vous n’allez pas le croire

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50
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To take care of/to take charge of something

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Se charger de qch

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51
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As usual

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Comme d’habitude

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52
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It wasn’t always like that

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Ce n’était pas toujours comme ça

53
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I try to stay cool

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J’essaye de rester cool

–> rester = stay a certain way, not place

54
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She prefers that we call her sandrine

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Elle prefere que nous l’appelions sandrine

Subjunctive after “prefere que”, as with in Spanish

55
Q

Supposed to/expected to (do something)

I was supposed to be at jerome’s at 5pm

A

Être censé faire qch

J’étais censé être chez Jerome a 17h

56
Q

A car came to get us (came to look for us)

A

Une voiture est venue nous chercher

57
Q

It is/was amazing (classy)

A

C’est/C’était la classe

58
Q

To feel at ease, to feel comfortable

A

Se sentir à l’aise

Il faut dire que Je ne me sentais pas a l’aise

59
Q

Unforgettable

A

inoubliable

60
Q

I got along well with… (Ep19, add later)

A

..

61
Q

The most interesting of all was….(ep19, add)

A

…

62
Q

Last week I went to the supermarket to buy strawberries, but I didn’t find any

A

Vendredi dernier, Je suis allé au supermarché pour acheter des fraises, mais Je n’en ai pas trouvé

63
Q

I think that my stories have convinced her that it’s a rewarding job

A

Je pense que mes histoires l’ont convaincu que c’est in travaille enrichissent

64
Q

If I were rich, I would stop working and travel

A

Si j’étais rich, j’arreterais de travailler et Je voyagerais au tout de monde.

  • -> ‘were’ = imperfect tense
  • -> arreter de faire qch = to stop doing something
65
Q

It’s much easier that way

A

C’est beaucoup plus facile comme ça

66
Q

I get by quite well

A

Je me debrouille assez bien

67
Q

How is it that…(you speak French like that?)

A

Comment ça se fait (que vous parlez francais comme ça?)

68
Q

Both of you

All three of you etc

A

Tout les deux / trois etc

69
Q

I grew up I. Vancouver

A

J’ai grandis à van

70
Q

I didn’t mean that

A

Je me voulais pas dire ça

71
Q

I was starting to wonder where you were

A

Je commencai a me demander ou tu été

72
Q

I don’t even know…

A

Je ne sais même pas…

73
Q

Would it please you to…?

How would it sound if….? (Formal, informal)

A

Ça vous dirait de faire qch

Ça te dirait de faire qch

74
Q

To impose (oneself)

A

S’imposer

75
Q

The area (lit. The corner)

A

Le coin

76
Q

Tell us

Tell me

A

Racontez nous

Racontez moi

77
Q

Suburb

A

La Banlieue

78
Q

To enrol/sign up

A

S’inscrire

79
Q

“Do you say that?”

Is that how you say it?

A

Ça c’est dit?

80
Q

Journey

A

Trajet

81
Q

You can take advantage of…

A

Vous pouvez profiter…

82
Q

What is that again?

What’s your name again?

A

Qu’est-ce que c’est déja?

Tu t’appele comment déja?

83
Q

To find it difficult to do something

A

Avoir du mal a faire qch

84
Q

Nothing at all

A

Rien de tout

85
Q

Can you believe it? (Check)

A

Tu te rencontre?!

86
Q

As soon as

A

Des que

J’en acheterais un des que Je pourrais

87
Q

I don’t think that …(subj)

A

Je ne pense pas que (subjunctive)

88
Q

I’m not sure

A

Je ne suis pas sûr

89
Q

It’s a pleasure to..

A

Ça fait plaisirde faire

90
Q

What if we (invited…)

Making a suggestion

A

Si on invitais…

91
Q

As soon as

As soon as possible
As soon as she starts to translate Scottish expressions into French

A

Aussi tôt que…

Aussi tôt que possible
Aussi tôt qu’elle commence à traduir ces expressions ecossaise en francais..

92
Q

To argue (with each other)

A

Se disputer

93
Q

Thanks for (doing something, having done something

A

Merci de + inf

Merci d’avoir fait…

94
Q

I don’t want anymore

I want some more

A

Je n’en veux plus(silent s in plus)

J’en veux plus (s is pronounced in plus)

Plus with the s silent means ‘no more’
Plus with the s pronounced means ‘more’

95
Q

‘It’s on me’ ‘I’ll pay for this one’

A

C’est moi qui paye

96
Q

To guess

Can you guess how happy I am?

A

Deviner

Peux-tu deviner comme je suis content ?

97
Q

To rely on / to count on

You can count on Jack.

A

Compter que

Tu peux compter sur Jack.

98
Q

He wants me to (go to…)

He wants that I (go to…

A

Il veux que je aille (need subjunctive)

99
Q

That sounds good to me

A

Ça me dit bien

100
Q

To hire, to take on

A

Embaucher

101
Q

To delegate

A

Déléguer

102
Q

Goal

A

But (pronounce t)

103
Q

To reduce, to lessen

We must cut our expenses to save money.

A

Réduire

Nous devons réduire nos dépenses pour économiser de l’argent.

104
Q

To join us, meet us here

A

Nous rejoindre ici

105
Q

To have a laugh, have fun

A

Rigoler

106
Q

He seems happy with my work

A

Il a l’aire content de mon travaille

Reminder of ‘seems’

107
Q

I don’t know what happened to me (using arriver)

A

Je ne sais pas ce qui m’est arrivé

108
Q

I would have imagined
I would never have imagined
I would never have imagined being able to participate/take part

A

J’aurais imaginé
Je n’aurais jamais imaginé
Je n’aurais jamais imaginé pouvoir participer

109
Q

I’ve already spoken about it with you

A

J’en ai parlé

J’en ai déjà parlé avec toi

110
Q

You’re not going to believe it!

A

Tu ne vas pas le croire

Vous n’allez pas le croire

111
Q

As soon as she gets here/arrive

A

Aussi tôt qu’elle
Des qu’elle arrivera, nous nous mettons en route

(Need future tense for arriver)

112
Q

Sylvie helped us choose the best local products

A

Sylvie nous a aider à choisir les meilleurs produits locaux

Local –> locals/locaux

113
Q

I’m doing it so that you’ll come

A

Je le faire pour que tu vienne (subj, check)

Pour que –> subj

114
Q

Il only doing it if you come

I’m doing it on the condition that you come

A

Je le fait pour vu que tu vienne (subj)

Check “pour vu”

115
Q

To start by doing something

“I started by saying that I was delighted to be in Paris”

A

J’ai commencé par…

J’ai commencé par dire que j’etais ravi d’etre à paris

116
Q

After having thought about it a lot, I said yes

A

Apres avoir beaucoup reflechi, j’ai di oui

117
Q

I get the impression that she would really like to go this evening

A

J’ai l’impression que Elle aimerais y aller ce soir

118
Q

I’m back and I have good news

A

Je suis de retour (sp), j’ai de bonnes nouvelle

(Remember de, not des)

Être de retoure - to be back

119
Q

This morning I saw the boy who’s mother is French

A

Ce matin, j’ai vu le garçon dont la mere est francaise

Dont = “of whom”

Could rephrase the question “I saw the boy of whom the mother is French”

120
Q

At the time I wasn’t married yet

A

A l’epoque, Je n’etais pas encore marie

121
Q

I have a lot on my plate (I’ve got my work cut out for me)

A

Avoir du pain sur la planche

J’ai du pan sur ma planche

122
Q

I’ll keep you posted about the house

A

Je vous tiendrez au courant pour la maison

123
Q

Review: avant que…ne

A

‘Avant qu’elle n’arrive (subj)

124
Q

To find your way about, to get your bearings, to feel comfortable in a place

A

Prendre se répare

125
Q

I’m not telling/teaching you anything (New)

A

Je ne t’à prendre rien

126
Q

I bumped into someone

A

Je suis tombé nez a nez avec qqn

127
Q

To move on

A

Aller de la vente

128
Q

That allows me to..( do something)

A

Ce la me permer de faire qch

129
Q

I’d better …

A

Il vot mieux que…(sp?)

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