Lesson of September 25, 2023

Question 1

What is “poil (de chat ou autre)” in English?

Answer 1

Fur

Hair

Example: I find cat hair everywhere: in my house, on my clothes…

Question 2

What is “enregistrer ses bagages” in English?

Exemple: Je n’ai aucun bagage à enregistrer.

Answer 2

**Check in
**
Example: I don’t have to check in any luggage.

Question 3

What is the past of “read” and how do we pronounce it?

Answer 3

Read (pronounced RED)

Question 4

What is “une escale” in English?

Exemple: J’ai une excale à Vancouver.

Answer 4

Layover

Example: I have a layover in Vancouver.

Question 5

How do we pronounce “often” in English?

Answer 5

Â-fen
or
ÂF-ten

Question 6

What is “induire en erreur” in English?

Exemple: Je ne veux pas d’induire en erreur.

Answer 6

Mislead

Example: I don’t wan to mislead you.

Question 7

What is “un plastron” in English?

Example: Il est fortement recommandé de porter un plastron quand on fait des sauts en vélo de montagne.

Answer 7

**Chest protector
**
Example: Wearing a chest protector is highly recommended when we do jumps in mountain biking.

Question 8

What is “jour férié” in English?

Answer 8

Public holiday

Statutory holiday

Question 9

What is “Ça fait du bien” in English?

Exemple: C’est difficile d’intégrer le yoga dans ma routine mais ça fait tellement du bien après que j’en ai fait!

Answer 9

It feels good

Example: It’s hard to integrate yoga into my routine but **it feels so good **after I do it!

Question 10

What is “De temps à autres” or “de temps en temps” in English?

Exemple: Je travaille le samedi de temps à autres.

Answer 10

From time to time
Every now and then
Once in a while

Example:
I work on Saturday from time to time.
I work on Saturday every now and then.
I work on Saturday once in a while.

Question 11

What is “par semaine” as in “Quelques fois par semaine”?

Answer 11

a week
per week
(not “by” week)

Question 12

What is the difference between class, lesson and course?

Answer 12

“Class” and “lesson” are used to refer to one only (Example: I have an Englsih class / lesson every Monday.) but course is not used to refer to one class only. Course refers to all classes / lessons together. (Example: I took an English course for a few months and I really liked it!).

Question 13

How do we translate into English “Ça fait combien de temps que tu enseignes l’anglais?”?

Answer 13

How long have you been teaching English?