English lesson of October 4, 2023

Question 1

What is “Médias sociaux” in English?

Answer 1

Social media
(P.S.: always singular)

Question 2

How do we say in English:
1) Ça me dit quelque chose.
2) Ça ne me dit rien.
3) Est-ce que ça te dit quelque chose?

Answer 2

1) It rings a bell.
2) It doesn’t ring a bell.
3) Does it ring a bell?

Question 3

What is the pronunciation difference between “live” and “leave”?

Answer 3

Live = LIV
Leave = Leev

Question 4

How do we pronounce “worried”?
And “married”?

Question 5

How do we pronounce “recognize”?

Answer 5

WRÈ-cog-naïz

Question 6

How do we pronounce “say”? and in the third person singular (“says”?)

Question 7

How do we pronounce “Rachel” in English?

Question 8

What is “déshydraté” in English and how do we pronounce it?

Answer 8

dee-haï-DRAY-did

Question 9

What is “perdrix” in English?

Exemple: Evelyne va à la chasse aux perdrix cet automne avec son mari.

Answer 9

Partridge

Example: Evelyne is going partridge hunting this fall with her husband.

Question 10

What is “fusil de chasse” in English?

Answer 10

Shotgun (for bird hunting)

Rifle (for hunting bigger animals)

Question 11

What is “se disputer” or “s’obstiner” in English?

Answer 11

Argue
(pronounced AR-guy-ou)

Question 12

What is “bien s’entendre” in English?

Exemple: Je m’entends bien avec la plupart de mes collègues.

Answer 12

Get along well

Example: I get along well with most of my colleagues.

Question 13

What is “collègue” in English?

Answer 13

Colleague
(pronounced KÂ-league)

Co-worker

Question 14

What is “je vais toucher du bois”, which we say when we want luck to stay with us?

Answer 14

Knock on wood!

Question 15

What is “J’ai mal dans le cou”?

Answer 15

I have a sore neck.
My neck hurts.
I have pain in my neck.

Question 16

What is “se reposer” in English?

Example: Je me suis reposée toute la fin de semaine.

Answer 16

Rest

Example: I rested all weekend.

Question 17

What is “malade” in English?

Answer 17

Sick

ill

Question 18

What is “maladie” in English?

Answer 18

Sickness

Illness

Disease (more serious, such as cancer, diabetes, etc.)

Question 19

What is “temps libres” in Englsih?

Exemple: Qu’est-ce que tu fais dans tes temps libres?

Answer 19

Free time

Spare time

Example: What do you do in your spare time?

Question 20

How do we pronounce “glove”?

Answer 20

GLoV

Question 21

How do we pronounce “architect”?

Answer 21

AR-kee-tekt

Question 22

How do we say “s’endormir” in English?

Exemple: Mélissa s’est endormie sur le divan et s’est réveillée avec un mal de cou.

Answer 22

Fall asleep

Example: Mélissa fell asleep in front of the TV and woke up with a sore neck.

Question 23

What is “débouler les escaliers” in English?

Exemple: Mélissa a déboulé les escaliers et s’est refait mal au cou!” 🙄 🙄 🙄

😉

Answer 23

Fall down the stairs

Example: Melissa fell down the stairs and hurt her neck again!

Question 24

How do we pronounce “married” in English?

Answer 24

MA-wreed

Question 25

What is “travailler à distance” in English?

Exemple: Je travaille à distance 2-3 jours par semaine.

Answer 25

work remotely

Example: I work remotely 2-3 times a week.

Question 26

What is “énervant” or “gossant” in English?

Exemple: C’est vraiment gossant quand les gens arrivent toujours en retard!

Answer 26

annoying

Example: It’s really annoying when people always arrive late!

Question 27

What is “interrompre” in English?

Exemple: Je m’excuse de vous interrompre, mais j’ai une question pour vous.

Answer 27

Interrupt

Example: I’m sorry to interrupt, but I have a question for you.

Question 28

What is “précis” in English?
And “précision”?

Answer 28

Precise
Accurate

Precision
Accuracy

Question 29

How do we pronounce “reasonable” and “unreasonable”?

Question 30

What is “barbotte” in Engish?

Exemple: On doit arrêter de recruter des barbottes et recruter plus de saumons! 🤣

Answer 30

Bullhead

Example: We have to stop recruiting bullheads and start recruiting more salmons! 🤣