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Last year

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L’année dernière

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During the summer holidays

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Pendant les grandes vacances

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During the Easter/ Christmas holidays

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Pendant les vacances de Pâques/Noël

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Last summer

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L’été dernier

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A few months ago

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Il y a quelques mois

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In the summer/winter/autumn

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En été/ hiver/ automne

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In the spring

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Au printemps

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At the beginning of may

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Au début de mai

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In the future

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À l’avenir

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After my exams

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Après mes examens

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When i am a University student

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Quand je serai étudiante à l’université

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In a few months/ years

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Dans quelques mois/ années

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On a trip

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En voyage

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I had the opportunity to go

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J’ai eu la chance d’aller

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I stayed in a small town

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Je suis restée dans une petite ville

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I went there for a few days

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J’y suis allée pour quelques jours

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I spent two amazing weeks

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J’ai passé deux semaines extraordinaires

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We spent a memorable fortnight

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Nous avons passé une quinzaine inoubliable

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I stayed there for a week

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J’y suis restée pendant huit jours

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It was a school trip

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C’était un voyage scolaire

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I took part in a school exchange

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J’ai participé à un échange scolaire

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In our group

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Dans notre groupe

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I went with

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J’y suis allée

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Not far from the town centre

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Pas loin du Centre-ville

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In a small hotel in the suburbs

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Dans un petit hôtel en banlieue

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With my French partner (f/m)

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Chez ma correspondante française/ mon correspondant français

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It was clean and very comfortable

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C’était proper et très commode

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I had my one room, how lucky

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J’avais ma propre chambre, quelle chance

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I had to share my room

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J’ai dû partager ma chambre

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Which was a bit annoying

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Qui était un peu gênant

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I especially liked

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J’ai surtout aimé

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What i didn’t like was that

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Ce que je n’aimais pas c’était que

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I made new friends because everybody was very nice

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Je me suis fait de nouveaux amis parce que tout le monde était très sympa

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Everybody was very welcoming

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Tout le monde était très accueillant

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I found it difficult to speak French and to understand what people were saying to me

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Je trouvais difficile de parler français et comprendre ce qu’on me disait

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We are going to stay in contact

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On va rester en contact

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37
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I hope to return to France soon

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J’espère retourner en France bientôt

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If the weather is nice

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S’il fait beau

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I was lucky to go on a school trip for two weeks

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J’ai eu la chance de partir en voyage scolaire à Paris pendant deluxe semaines

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There were twenty people in the group

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Il y avait vingt personnes dans le groupe

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Which lasted ten days

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Qui a duré dix jours

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We stayed in a youth hostel

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On a logé dans une auberge de jeunesse

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We had the same tastes

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On avait les mêmes gouts

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Every day we went on a short outing

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On faisait tous les jours une petite excursion

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I really enjoyed myself

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Je me suis beaucoup amusée

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46
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I really improved my French

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J’ai beaucoup amélioré mon français

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Even if I was homesick

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Même si j’avais le mal du pays

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I worked as a waitress

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J’ai travaillé comme serveuse

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I gave customers/ guests information about the region

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Je donnais aux clients des informations sur la région

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I was in charge of translating if necessary

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Je me chargeais de faire la traduction si nécessaire

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Overcome language problems

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À surmonter les problèmes de langue

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The most difficult part of my job was

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La partie la plus dure de mon travail était

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It wasn’t easy but now I am quite proud of myself because I learnt loads of things

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Ce n’était pas facile mais maintenant, je suis assez fière de moi parce que j’ai appris plein de choses

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I felt very at ease

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Je me suis vraiment sentie à l’aise

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I learned lots of things

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J’ai appris plein de choses

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Working in France was an excellent way to improve my French

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Travailler en France était une façon excellente pour améliorer mon français

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I would recommend the experience to other young people of my age

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Je recommanderais l’expérience à d’autres jeunes de mon âge

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I decided to find a summer job in France because I have been learning French for five years and I speak it quite well

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J’ai décidé de trouver un emploi d’été en France parce que j’apprends le français depuis cinq ans et je le parle assez bien

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I decided to spend all of the summer holidays in France because I wanted to work there to improve my French and I wanted to get to know French culture

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J’ai décidé de passer toutes les grandes vacances en France parce que je voulais y travailler pour améliorer mon français et je voulais connaître la culture française

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I thought that working abroad would give me more independence

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Je croyais que travailler à l’étranger me donnerait plus d’indépendance

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I have always dreamed of working in France

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J’ai toujours rêvé de travailler en France

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I wanted to do something to help others

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Je voulais faire quelque chose pour aider les autres

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I worked as a volunteer in a school to improve my French before going to uni in scotland

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J’ai travaillé comme volontaire dans une école pour améliorer mon français avant d’aller à la fac en Écosse

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I worked during the year before leaving

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J’ai travaillé pendant l’année avant de partir

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When i arrived i found a part time job

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Quand je suis arrivée j’ai trouvé un petit emploi

66
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It was a positive experience but not easy

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C’était une expérience positive mais pas facile

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The style of life was quite different and I learned a lot about French culture

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Le style de vie était assez différent et j’ai beaucoup appris de la culture française

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What was surprising was that everybody was more laid-back than in Scotland

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What was surprising was that everybody was more laid-back than in Scotland

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I had to face all sorts of different situations without help

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J’ai dû faire face à toutes sortes de situations différentes sans aide

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But be careful, it would be a real challenge

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Msos attention, ce serait un vrai défi

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I missed my family

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Ma famille m’a manqué

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I missed my friends

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Mes amis m’ont manqué

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it was a bit too hot for me

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il faisait un petit trop chaud pour moi

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I got sunstroke

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j’ai eu un coup de soleil

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I enjoyed myself with my exchange partner because we had the same interests

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je me suis amusée avec ma correspondante parce qu’on avait les mêmes intérêts

76
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my boss was unpleasant and he shouted all the time

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mon patron était méchant et il criait tout le temps

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I made new friends during my stay in France and I have invited two of them to visit me in scotland next year during the summer holidays

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je me suis fait de nouveaux amis pendant mon séjour en France et j’en ai invité deux à me rendre visite en Écosse l’année prochaine pendant les grandes vacances

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I hope that the weather will be nice and that we will be able to go camping and cycling

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j’espère qu’il fera beau et qu’on pourra faire du camping et du vélo

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I have lots of plans

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j’ai beaucoup de projets

80
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I would like to return to

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j’aimerais retourner à

81
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I would like to stay in touch with my new friends

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je voudrais rester en contact avec mes nouveaux amis

82
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my high school organised a school exchange with a school in Marseille

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mon lycée a organisé un échange scolaire avec un lycée à Marseille

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I stayed in a French family

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j’ai logé chez une famille française

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the school was situated in the town center and was large and modern

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le collège se trouvait dans le centre de la ville et était très grande et moderne

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what i liked about the French school was

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ce que j’aimais du lycée en France c’était

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what i didn’t like about the French school was

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ce que je n’aimais pas du lycée en France c’était

87
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all the teachers and pupils were very nice and happy to have us there

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que tous les professeurs et les élèves étaient très gentils et heureux de nous recevoir

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that lessons started at 8am and finished at 5pm

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que les cours commençaient à huit heures du matin et finissaient à cinq heures de l’après-midi

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that the school day was longer than in Scotland

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que la journée scolaire était plus longue qu’en Écosse

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who fortunately had the same interests as me

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qui avait heureusement les mêmes intérêts

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they really spoiled me

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ils m’ont vraiment gâtée

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one day we went on a trip to Lille, a very beautiful town in the North of France

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un jour on a fait un voyage à Lille, une très belle ville dans le nord de la France

93
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visited the town hall and a museum and at midday we ate mussels in a small restaurant

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on a visité la mairie et un musée et à midi on a mangé des moules dans un petit restaurant

94
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on the first day we went to see the historic monuments

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le premier jour on est allé voir les monuments historiques

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one evening we ate the local dish in a restaurant

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un soir on a mangé la spécialité régionale dans un restaurant

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After work we would go for a swim and then go out for something to eat

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après le travail on se baignait et ensuite on sortait en ville pour acheter quelque chose à manger

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the resort offered lots to do at night, so the night life was lively

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la station offrait beaucoup à faire la nuit, donc la vie nocturne était vraiment animée

98
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now and again we used to go window shopping since the shops were so expensive

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de temps en temps on faisait du lèche-vitrines car les magasins étaient tellement chers

99
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we ate in good French restaurants which were not as dear as back home

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on mangeait dans de bons restaurants français qui n’étaient pas si chers que chez nous

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the daily routine was really tiring

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la routine journalière était vraiment fatigante

101
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I had to set the tables and welcome customers and after meals I cleared the tables

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je devais mettre les tables et accueillir les clients en arrivant et la fin du repas je débarrassais les tables

102
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from time to time I translated for customers who did not speak French

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de temps en temps je traduisais pour les clients qui ne parlaient pas français

103
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my colleagues were all very kind and helped me a lot in my work

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mes collègues étaient tous très gentils et m’ont beaucoup aidée dans mon travail

104
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I really liked the work

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le travail m’a beaucoup plu

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so this was the perfect job for me

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donc c’était le travail parfait pour moi

106
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the hardest part of my job was

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la partie la plus dure de mon travail était

107
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I found a job on line and the boss interviewed me on the phone

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j’ai trouvé un emploi en ligne et le patron m’a téléphoné pour un entretien

108
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I saw an advert in a newspaper

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j’ai vu une annonce dans un journal

109
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my friend was already working there and found me the job, I was lucky

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Mon ami y déjà travaillait et il m’a trouvé l’emploi, j’avais de la chance

110
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I am going to study French at university and I wanted to practice it

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je vais étudier le français à la fac et je voulais le pratiquer

111
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I have just spent a gap year in France/ Belgium/ Africa

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je viens de passer une année sabbatique en France/ Belgique/ Africa

112
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recently I saw… it was a…

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récemment j’ai vu… c’était une…

113
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it is/was based on a true story

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c’est/ c’était inspiré par une vraie histoire

114
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the special effects and the graphics were great quality

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les effets spéciaux et le graphisme étaient de bonne qualité

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