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and all that – French expression

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What does ” et tout et tout ” mean? How do you say ‘ and all that ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

et tout et tout – and all and all. In everyday French, et tout et tout is used with when listing a series of items, and it means ‘and all that’.

* « Dans le panier à pique-nique, j’ai mis la baguette, le fromage, les tomates, les œufs durs, la moutarde, les cornichons, et tout et tout. »

* “In the picnic basket, I put the baguette, the cheese, the tomatoes, the boiled eggs, the mustard, the gherkins, and all that.”

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avoir le loisir de – Mot du jour

to have time/opportunities to – French expression

What does ”  avoir le loisir de  ” mean? How do you say ‘ to have time/opportunities to ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

avoir le loisir de – to have the leisure time of. In everyday French, avoir le loisir de means ‘have time to’, ‘to have an opportunity to’.

* « La semaine prochaine, j’aurai tout le loisir de lire le dernier roman de Jean d’O. »

* “Next week, I’ll have plenty of time/opportunities to read Jean d’O’s latest novel.”

Jean d’O, Jean d’Ormesson is one of my favorite French writers. Watch Les saveurs du palais – Haute Cuisine to see Jean d’O playing the French President.

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au beau fixe – Mot du jour

high spirits – French expression

What does ” au beau fixe ” mean? How do you say ‘ high spirits ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

au beau fixe – at the beautiful fixed – au beau fixe refers to the thermometer displaying nice weather consistently. So, the literal translation is that it’s consistently sunny. In everyday French, though, au beau fixe means that everything’s groovy, that a person is in high spirits.

It’s often used with être: être au beau fixe, but another common expression with au beau fixe is ‘avoir le moral au beau fixe’, to be really happy.

* « Quand y a du soleil dehors, le moral des gens est aussi au beau fixe. »

* “When it’s sunny outside, people are also in high spirits.”

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faire gaffe – Mot du jour

to watch out – French expression

What does ” faire gaffe ” mean? How do you say ‘ watch out ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

faire gaffe – to do clumsiness – In everyday French, faire gaffe means to watch out. The verb FAIRE has to be conjugated and it’s often used as a command, in the imperative mode, as a warning.

* « C’est Gigi qui gare la bagnole dans le garage. Fais gaffe ! »

* “It’s Gigi who’s parking the car in the garage. Watch out !”

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pas vu, pas pris – Mot du jour

not seen, not caught – French expression

What does ” pas vu pas pris ” mean? How do you say ‘unpunished ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

pas vu, pas pris – not seen not caught – In everyday French, pas vu, pas pris – with or without a comma – means that a crime, or a petty crime remained unpunished. I translate it here literally by “not seen not caught”, but I welcome any better wording. Leave a comment below if you have a suggestion.

* « Ils avaient piqué le collier dans la vitrine : mais “pas vus, pas pris”, ils sont donc sortis de la bijouterie sans problème ! »

* “They had stolen the necklace in the display case: but “not seen not caught”, so they left the jewelry store without any problem!”

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en goguette – Mot du jour

gallivanting – French expression

What does ” en goguette ” mean? How do you say ‘gallivanting ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

en goguette – Today’s mot du jour came about after a class I had last week with Greg, one of my dear students. It can’t really be translated literally, although, because of the ending in -ette – which makes it fenmine, I suppose the word gogue used to exist in French.

en goguette  means ‘ready to have a good time’, ‘gallivanting’. en goguette is an old-fashion expression, yet it’s still pretty common. It’s often used with the verbs ‘partir’ or ‘être’.

* « Ils sont partis en goguette alors qu’il faut qu’ils aillent au boulot. Ils vont se faire virer ! »

* “They’re out gallivanting when they should be at work. They’re going to get fired!”

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du pain sur la planche – Mot du jour

a lot on your plate – French expression

What does ” du pain sur la planche ” mean? How do you say ‘ a lot on your plate ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

du pain sur la planche – some bread on the board – I supposed we’re talking about the bread board. In everyday French, du pain sur la planche means that one has a lot to do, a lot on their plate.

* « Ils réfléchissent à tout ce qu’ils ont à faire : il y a du pain sur la planche ! »

* “They’re thinking about everything they have to do: they have a lot on their plate!”

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avoir de quoi – Mot du jour

to have enough to – French expression

What does ”  avoir de quoi  ” mean? How do you say ‘ to have enough to ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com

avoir de quoi – to have of what – In everyday French, avoir de quoi means ‘to have enough’. It’s often followed directly by a verb.

* « Tu as de quoi faire avec ce qui te reste de monnaie ? »

* “Do you have enough with the little change you have left?”

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à tes souhaits – Mot du jour

bless you – French expression

What does ” à tes souhaits ” mean? How do you say ‘ bless you ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to me, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

à tes souhaits – to your wishes – TES – your – is a possessive adjective. In everyday French, à tes souhaits means ‘bless you’ or ‘gezondheid’.

A cultural note: it is a lot more common to say ‘bless you’ in English than it is to acknowledge someone sneezing in France. In some circles, it’s even considered to be a faux pas to say ‘à tes souhaits’.

When someone you know well, someone you say TU to sneezes, you may say:

* « À tes souhaits. »

* “Bless you. “

If that someone sneezes another time, or other times, you’re supposed to say:

* « À tes amours. » –> ‘To you loves’

* “Gezondheid. “

When someone you don’t know well, when you say VOUS, you may say:

* « À vos souhaits. »

* « À vos amours. » when several sneezes.

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à un de ces 4 – Mot du jour

see you later – French expression

What does ” à un de ces 4 ” mean? How do you say ‘ see you later ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Download the audio file and print this worksheet. Learn French and listen to me, a French native, say it at FrenchHour.com. Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

à un de ces 4 – to one of these (demonstrative adjective) 4 – Of course, that doesn’t mean anything. The full version of this expression is à un de ces 4 matins – to one of these 4 mornings.In everyday French, à un de ces 4 means ‘see you soon’, ‘see you later’, ‘see you’. Not sure where the ‘mornings’ came from. The number 4 – quatre – is often pronounced [kat].

And to give you the whole spielOf course, you also have the shorter version: un de ces 4, and that means ‘sometimes later’.

* « Salut, à un de ces quatre. »

* “Bye, see you later “

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