Making conversation and plans: sentences Flashcards

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Delighted to meet your acquaintance; I’ve often heard talk of you

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enchanté de faire votre connaissance; j’ai souvent entendu parler de vous

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It just so happened I wanted to meet him/her

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j’avais justement envie de la rencontrer

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well, not really - I was joking!

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bon, pas vraiment - je plaisantais!

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4
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I understand that people think I am a foreigner; I have a little accent in French

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je comprends qu’on pense que je suis étranger, j’ai un petit accent en français

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it’s true that I spend a lot of time in France

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c’est vrai que je passe beaucoup de temps en France

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It’s necessary [to do it]! and also, I don’t mind

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il le faut! et puis je veux bien aussi

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I like teh city well

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j’aime bien la ville

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of course not [but no], not at all

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mais non, pas du tout

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9
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we went walking in the mountains

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on s’est promenés en montagne

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10
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what do you like, miss? [vous]

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qu’est-ce qui vous plait, mademoiselle?

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what do you like here? [tu}

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qu’est-ce qui te plait ici?

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12
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no more TV tonight, I’ve had enough

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plus de télé ce soir, cela me suffit

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I’m hungry, and I would like to taste these appetisers

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j’ai faim, et puis je voudrais goûter ces hors-de-oevure

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do you [tu] want to go to the restaurant?

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tu veux aller au restaurant?

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15
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she is simply married to a Frenchman

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elle est toutsimplement mariée à un Français

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16
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and where do you intend to go then?

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et où est-ce que vous comptez aller alors?

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17
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won’t you go to Provence like half the Franch population

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vous n’allez pas en rovence comme la moitié de la population français ?

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18
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so, how long are you going to stay in France

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alors, combine de temps tu vas rester en France?

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19
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she’s right!

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elle a raison!

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why are you [how is it that you are] still studying at this hour? [vous]

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comment se fait-il que vous étudiiez encore à cette heure?

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21
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how can it snow in the summer?

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comment se fait-il qu’‘il neige en été

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22
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there are too many people in this cafe; let’’s go elsewhere!

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il y a trop de monde dans ce café, allons ailleurs!

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23
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I’m enjoying my day off

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je profite de ma journée de congé

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24
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what will you do tomorrow?

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qu’est-ce que tu fais demain?

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25
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what are you doing at [in] the moment?

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qu’est-ce que tu fais en ce moment

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26
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I’m going to finish this exercise and then I will go to sleep

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je vais finir cet exercise et puis je vais dormir

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27
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On top of that I still have some wor

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et puis j’ai encore du travail

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28
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I enjoy Paris while everybody leaves the city

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je profite de aris pendant que tout le monde quitte la ville

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29
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I take classes

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je suis des cours

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30
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not too badly, but I read better than I speak

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pas trop mal, mais je sais mieux lire que parler

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31
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well, I didn’t know

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tiends, je ne savais pas

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32
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come on/ let’s go!

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viens donc!

33
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so youre already a teacher?

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tu es donc déjà professeur?

34
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they are retires

A

ils sont à la retraite

35
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we’re taking an English class

A

nous suivons un cours d’anglais

36
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I study better alone

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j’etudie mieux tout seul

37
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it is the best movie this year

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c’est le meilleur film de cette anne

38
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I like staying at home better

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j’aime meiux rester à la maison

39
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like better

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aimer meiux

40
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everybody is going for a walk today

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tout le monde se promène aujourd’hui

41
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we are sunbathing on the grass

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on se bronze sur l’herbe

42
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we bathe in this lake in summer

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nous nous baignons dans ce lac en été

43
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are you going to take me for a walk? [tu]

A

tu vas m’emmener promener?

44
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there are a thousand things to do

A

il y a mille choses à faire

45
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we’ll [on] decide together which is the most interesting to see

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on va décider ensemble ce qui est le plus intéressant à voir

46
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I’m going to leave

A

je vais partir

47
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what is the most…

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ce que est le plus…

48
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what is the most annoying here is that you always have to wait

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ce que est le plus… ennuyeux ici, c’est qu’il faut toujours attendre

49
Q

so let’s find one!

A

alors, trouvons-en-un!

50
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they are going to travel

A

ils vont voyager

51
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he is going to organise a party

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il va organiser un fete

52
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we are going to have fun

A

nous allons nous amuser

53
Q

tell me a little of what it’s about

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dis-moi un peu de quoi il s’agit

54
Q

he found it amazing

A

il l’a trouvé(e) géniale

55
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you don’t know what its’ subjet is? [what is the subject]? (tu)

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tu ne sais pas quel en est le sujet?

56
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I’ll follow you anywhere

A

je te suis n’importe où

57
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i’m going to send all that to your email adress

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je vais t’envoyer tout ça à ton adresse e-mail

58
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what is its subjet/topic?

A

quel en est le sujet?

59
Q

do you want to pick me up? [tu]

A

tu veux me chercher?

60
Q

I don’‘t know where it is

A

je ne sais pas où c’est

61
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do you want to meet me? [tu

A

tu veux me rejoindre?

62
Q

I am in front of…

A

je suis devant…

63
Q

say it!
tu
nous
vous

A

dis-le [tu]
disons-le
dites-le [vous]

64
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I’lll be at your house at 6

A

je seria chez toi à six heures

65
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my course is only an introduction

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mon cours n’est ce que un introduction

66
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I want you to be quiet, we can only hear you!

A

je veux que tu te taises, on n’entend que toi

67
Q

I still make a lot of mistakes in French

A

je fais encore beaucoup de fautes en français

68
Q

in this way, like that, as well as

A

ainsi

69
Q

carefully

A

soigneusement

70
Q

what happened here?

A

que se passait-il ici?

71
Q

lendemain

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next day

72
Q

on route, on my way

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en chemin

73
Q

it’s the same

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c’est pareil

74
Q

if I had known

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si j’avais su, si j’ai su

75
Q

call me back

A

rappelle-moi

76
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it’s the only means to improve

A

c’est le seul moyen de s’améliorer

77
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it belongs to you?

A

cela vous/te appartient?

78
Q

I sound like

A

je sonne comme