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Leçon 9 --- Text --- Vocabulaire |
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pendant |
during |
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les vacances |
vacation |
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été |
Summer |
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à Belle-Île |
at Belle-Île (an island off the Brittany coast) |
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en Bretagne |
in Brittany |
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leur, leurs |
their |
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une maison |
a house |
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loué(e) |
rented |
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par |
By |
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notre |
our |
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chance |
luck |
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Il pleut. |
It's raining. |
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Ça fait trois jours. |
That makes three days. |
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Ça fait trois jours qu'il pleut. |
It's been raining for three days. |
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beau, belle |
beautiful |
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la mer |
the sea |
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ne (verb) rien |
nothing |
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mortel |
boring |
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quand |
when |
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Il n'y a rien à faire. |
There is nothing to do. |
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Jouons. |
Let's play. |
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la belote |
pinochle |
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la pelote basque |
Basque pelota (a ball game played in the Basque country ... aka jai alai) |
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On n'a pas la place. |
One doesn't have the room. |
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bécasse |
dummy, dodo |
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Tu es sourde ou quoi? |
You are deaf or what? |
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On peut jouer ... (pouvoir) |
One can play ... |
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à l'écarté |
écarté (card game) |
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aux échecs |
chess |
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aux dames |
checkers |
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plutôt |
rather, instead |
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Jouons aux portraits. |
Let's play portraits. |
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Faisons des portraits. |
Let's do (make) some portraits. |
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Comment? |
How? |
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facile |
easy |
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Quelqu'un décrit une personne. |
Someone describes a person. |
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phrase |
phrase, sentence |
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puis |
then |
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Les autres devinent. |
The others guess. |
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qui c'est |
who it is |
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ben |
well (slang for bien) |
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Je ne sais pas. (savoir) |
I don't know. |
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Ce n'est personne. |
It's no one. (It's not a person.) |
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ce que |
Normally means what. Here it's used for emphasis. Wow!, Gee!, etc. |
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bête |
dumb, stupid |
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Ce que tu peux être bête! |
Wow, can you be dumb! |
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On prend ... (prendre) |
On picks (literally takes) ... |
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évidemment |
obviously |
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sinon |
if not, otherwise |
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Allons-y. |
Let's go. |
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Commençons. |
Let's start. |
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des gens de la famille |
people in the family |
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Allez! |
Normally means go. Here it means OK, all right, come on now, etc. |
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Voyons. (voir) |
Let's see. |
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n'importe qui |
anyone at all (not important who) |
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Attends. (attendre) |
Wait. (familiar imperative) |
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Chercher |
Search, look for, get |
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y |
there |
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Ça y est. |
There is it. That's it. Etc. |
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Toujours |
Always |
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bronzé |
tanned, bronzed |
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des cadeaux |
gifts |
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trop |
too, too much, too many |
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trop facile |
too easy |
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C'est à moi. |
It's my turn. (It is to me.) |
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Maintenant |
Now |
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C'est mon tour. |
It's my turn. |
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la voix pointue |
the sharp (pointed) voice |
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agaçant |
annoying, irritating |
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ce gamin |
this kid, boy |
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le grand sportif |
the great athlete |
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fier, fière |
proud |
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passé(e)(s) |
past |
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la course |
running |
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au saut (sauter = to jump) |
jumping |
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au saut en hauteur |
high jumping |
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au saut à la perche |
pole vaulting |
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parfait(e) |
perfect |
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manquer |
to miss |
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ne manque jamais |
never misses |
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un événement |
an event |
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même |
even (can also mean same) |
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une fois par an |
once (one time) per year |
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tout le portrait de |
looks just like (all the portrait of) |
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sa deuxìeme fille |
her second daughter |
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dire |
to say, tell |
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Dis. |
Say. (familiar imperative) |
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Il est plus de quatre heures. |
It's past four o'clock. |
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l'heure du goûter |
snack time (the hour of the snack) |
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Je veux savoir. (vouloir = to want) |
I want to know. |
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Na! |
So there! |
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Tais-toi. (Taire = to silence) |
Be quiet. Shut up. (Silence yourself.) |
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embêtant(e) |
annoying |
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d'abord |
first of all |
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ta bonne |
your maid |
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Vas-y, toi. |
Go, yourself. (familiar imperative of aller with an s because of the following y.) |
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Ecoute. |
Listen. (familiar imperative) |
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alors |
so, then |
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Va chercher. |
Go look for, get. (familiar imperative of aller) |
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Apporte. |
Bring. (familiar imperative) |
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l'Orangina |
An orange-flavored soft drink (brand name) |
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la limonade |
any of the citrus-flavored soft drinks |
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des petits pains |
rolls (little breads) |
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des galettes |
cookies |
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breton, bretonne |
Breton (of Brittany) |
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Il y a. |
There is. There are. |
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ne (verb) plus |
no longer, no more |
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en |
some, any, of them |
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Il n'y en a plus. |
There aren't any more of them. |
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rester |
to remain |
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Il en reste _____________________. |
There are _________________ remaining (left). |
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au moins cinq ou six |
at least five or six |
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Il n'en reste plus. |
There aren't anymore of them. |
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puisque |
since, because |
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Je te le dis. |
I'm telling you. (I say it to you.) |
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croire |
to believe. |
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les bouteilles |
the bottles |
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les verres |
the glasses |
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Attention à ... |
Watch out! Pay attention to ... ! |
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ce que tu fais. |
what you are doing. |
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tomber |
to fall |
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laisser |
to let, allow |
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Elle laisse tout tomber. |
She drops everything (lets everything fall). |
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malin |
clever |
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pleurant (pleurer = to cry) |
crying |
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ma faute |
my fault |