expressions - french questions Flashcards

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à temps

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on time

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tout le temps

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all the time

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quel temps fait-il aujourd’hui? / Il fait quel temps?

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what’s the weather today?

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ça t’a plu?

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Did you like it/did it please you?

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5
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C’etait chouette

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It was cool

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de nos jours

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nowadays

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je suis d’accord

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I agree

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La plupart des gens

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most people

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qu’est-ce qui se passe? / Ce qui se passes?

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what’s happening/what’s going on?

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un tas / beaucoup

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a lot (‘s’ is silent in tas)

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11
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Il y a environ deux ans

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About 2 years ago

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allons-y / on y va

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let’s go

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13
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je crois si / je pense que oui

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I think so

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sans aucun doute

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without a doubt

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15
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ne t’inquiète pas

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don’t worry

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qu’est-ce que vous voulez? / tu veux quoi?

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what do you want?

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combien ça coute / C’est combien?

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How much does it cost / it is how much?

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18
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on se tutoi

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is it ok to use ‘tu’ form? / informal form

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19
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ils/elles veulent s’amuser

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they want to have fun

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ça m’est égale

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I do not care / all the same to me

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21
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nous ne savons pas quoi faire

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we don’t know what to do

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22
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nous ne savions pas quoi faire

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we didn’t know what to do

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23
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pas encore

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not yet

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24
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Quelque chose ne va pas?

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Something wrong?

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Je parie
I bet
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il a l'air / on dirait
it seems... / it looks like / it sounds like
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ça coûte combien?
it costs how much?
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Il faut se rappeler
You have to remember
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avoir raison
to be right
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il faut (imperative)
it's necessary
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ça coûte combien? / ça fait combien? / C'est combien?
how much does it cost?
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Ce n'est pas cher / C'est cher (m)
It is cheap / It is expensive
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soyez à l'heure / soyons à l'heure (swa yez/swa yon)
be on time / let's be on time
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ça ira
it's fine / it'll be fine
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en train de
doing something right now or 'at the same time as' - present continuous
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Qu'est-ce que ça veut dire?
What does it mean?
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je veux dire / ça veut dire / ils veulent dire
I mean... / it means... / they mean...
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pendant que
while / during
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j'ai fait / il a fait / tu as fait / nous avons fait
I did, I made/ he did, he made / you did, you made/ we did, we made
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J’en suis sûr
I'm sure
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pour allez à...
in order to go to...
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ou bien
or (a more definite way instead of just ou)
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d'après toi?
according to you? what does it mean, do you think?
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ça vous va / ça te va?
does it suit you? ok with you?
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Ça marche (pour moi)
Yep, that works (for me). That's fine....
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Où est-ce qu'on va ?
Where are we going?
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ça fait (longtemps eg.) que... / ça ne fait pas | eg ça fait trois jours
it has been (a longtime) that... / it hasn't been long | eg it has been 3 days
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Il y a
There is OR ago (eg. il y a trois jours-3 days ago)
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se demander
to wonder
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par hasard?
by any chance?
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un instant!
wait a minute / one sec....
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arrivé à / je n'arrivé pas à
to manage to / I did not manage to....
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je ne sais pas du tout
I don't know at all
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C'est pareil / C'est la même chose
It's the same/ It's the same thing
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au bord de
on/by the edge of (the river)
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Qui est à l'appareil?
Who is speaking (on the phone)?
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ne quittez pas OR patientez / voulez-vous patientez
Hold the line / hold a sec (on the phone)
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ç'est trompé / Je me suis trompé(e)
It is wrong / I was mistaken
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Il/Elle n'est pas là
He/she is not here
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je rappellerai
I will call back
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un ce moment
at the moment
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Ce serait dommage de s'arreter maintenant
it would be a shame to stop now
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je vais retrouver mon mari à la gare
I'm going to meet my husband at the station
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il reste / il ne rest pas
something is left / not left
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comment ça ce fait
how can this be
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parles-en, parlez-en
talk about it
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je ne sais même pas...
I don't even know...
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tu ne vas pas le crois
you won't believe it.../you're not going to believe it
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ça vous (te) dirait de manger avec nous
do you fancy dining with us? / how about we eat together
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s'en occuper / je vais m'en occuper
to take car of it / I will take care of it
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j'ai presque tout oublié
I've almost forgotten everything
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ça se dit?
Is that correct? Did I say it right? Do i have the right word?
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Il reste à Odile juste trois pommes. Il me reste juste quinze minutes pour dejeuner. Il te reste juste un cours le lundi matin. Il reste à Tom juste l'argent pour son billet d'avion. Il vous reste juste dix minutes avant de presenter votre dossier.
Odile has just three apples left. I have just fifteen minutes left for lunch. You just have one lesson left on Monday morning. Tom has just the money left for his plane ticket. You have just ten minutes left before presenting your case.
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je plaisante
I'm just joking around
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nous vous faites confiance / on te faites confiance
we trust you
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tout à fait
absolutely
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passer la commande | vous êtes prêt passer la commande?
to order | Are you ready to order?
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c'est bien ca
that's right
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c'est cela
that's it
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Juste un de plus
just one more
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Au plaisir d'avoir de vos nouvelles
Looking forward to hearing from you
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Ils ont envie de...(conduire)
They feel like (driving)
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Ça me plaît / Ils me plaisent Ça m'a plu / Ils m'ont plu Cette voiture me plaît / la plante vous plaît
it please me, i like it / they please me it pleased me / they pleased me i like this car / you like the plant
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tu me manques
I miss you (literally you are missing to me)
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ca me fait vraiment plaisir
that makes me very happy
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que faites-vous demain?
what are you doing tomorrow
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en principe
in principle / theoretically / all being well / if things go according to plan
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se rendre compte / tu te rend compte
to realise / do you realise, can you believe it?
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dès que
as soon as
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rien de tout
nothing at all
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un truc de fou / un truc comme ça
something crazy / something like that
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je ne suis pas sûre
I am not sure
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ça veut dire
it means
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tout à l'heure
later or earlier (recent, today) depending on context
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à tout à l'heure
see you later (same day)
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dans deux ans / en deux ans
in 2 years from now / in 2 years, for 2 years, it will take 2 years
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ça a était?
was it ok? did you enjoy your meal?
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tu parle
don't be silly/don't mention it
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aucun problème
it's not a problem
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ça fait plaisir
it's a pleasure
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jusqu'à quand?
until when?
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je n'en peux plus or j'en puex plus
I can't take anymore / I can't eat anymore
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on se comprend
we understand each other
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ça te dirait de (quelque chose)
would you like to do (something)
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aussitôt que
as soon as
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ça y est
there you go! / there it is! / that's it!
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ah bon?
really?
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ç'est pour ça
That's why, it is for that (reason)
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ça sert à quoi?
what's it for?
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ça ne sert à rien
It's no use
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de passer au milieu
through the middle
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tout d'un coup
all of a sudden, suddenly
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tu pourrais faire ça?
could you do that/it?
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ce n'est pas grave
it's not a big deal, no worries
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est-ce que ça vous intéresse?
does it interest you?, would you be interested?
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ça m'intéresse
I am interested
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pour que, afin que
so that
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on verra bien
we'll see, we'll soon see
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j'arrive / j'arrive pas
I'm coming / I'm not coming
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quoi d-autre
what else?
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à propose
about
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à l'époque ( j'etais)
at the time (followed by the imperfect)
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le problème c'est que....
the problem is that.....
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ne plus en pouvoir
can't take it anymore
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il s'en sort toujours
he always gets by
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il est partout
he is everywhere
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de la sorte
in this way
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en faire autant
to do likewise, to do the same as somebody
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n'avoir que faire de
to not care about something, to have little use for something
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tes histoires
your issues
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se faire = devenir
se faire can replace 'becoming'
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avoir du mal à
to struggle to
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se faire sentir
to become apparent
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une bande de
a bunch of
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A bas qqch
down with something
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pleine de monde
crowded
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mais encore une fois
but again,
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rien n'arrive ici
nothing happens here / nothing is going on
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pas grand-chose
not much