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awesome – French expression

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What does ” ‘d’enfer” mean? How do you say ‘ awesome ’ in French? How is is pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to me, a French native say it.

d’enfer – of hell – In everyday French, d’enfer means ‘a hell of a’, or ‘awesome’.

* « On ne peut que dire que c’est une pièce d’enfer ! »

* “All we can say is that it’s an awesome play !”

 

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LOL – French expression

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MDR – mort de rire – dead of laughter. mort de rire or être mort de rire means ‘laughing out loud, to laugh one’s head off’, ‘LOL’, which is also used in French, in text messages  as MDR.

* « J’adore la blague que tu viens de me raconter. MDR. »

* “I love the joke you just told me. LOL.“

 

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Trick or Treat in French

À la vie à la mort – French expression

 

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to have skeletons in the closet – French Expression

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What does the French expression ‘ traîner des casseroles ‘ mean? How is it used in a sentence?

trainer des casseroles – to drag pots and pans. trainer des casseroles means to have a hidden past you’d rather not tell, to have skeletons in the closet.

* « Je ne lui fais pas confiance, elle traîne des casseroles depuis belle lurette. »

* “I don’t trust her. She’s had skeletons in the closet for ages.”

 

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Balais – French expression

faire son deuil de quelque chose

 

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I’m just saying – French expression

Part of All Levels | French Expressions – Daily Practice

What does ” je dis ça, je dis rien ” mean? How do you say ‘I’m just saying’ 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.

je dis ça, je dis rien – I say that, I say nothing – In everyday French, je dis ça, je dis rien or j’dis ça, j’dis rien is used when you want to tell someone they should be doing something, it’s your opinion that YOU would do things differently, but you don’t really say that. You tell people what to do without taking responsibility. I translate it as ‘I’m just saying’.

* « Si tu pars pas faire les courses maintenant, on n’aura rien à manger ce soir car la superette va fermer. Mais bon, j’dis ça, j’dis rien. »

* “If you don’t do the groceries now, we’ll have nothing to eat tonight because the supermarket is going to close. But hey, I’m just saying.”

 

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Negative sentences – Today’s French

Negative sentences -Part 2 –  Today’s French

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life through rose-colored glasses – French expression

Part of All Levels | French Adjectives

What does ” la vie en rose ” mean? How do you say ‘ life through rose-colored glasses ’ 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.

la vie en rose – the life in pink – In everyday French, la vie en rose is mostly used with the verb VOIR – to see – and it means ‘to see life through rose-colored glasses’.

* « C’est un grand optimiste. Malgré tous ces soucis, il voit la vie en rose. »

* “He is a real optimist guy. Despite all these worries, he sees life through rose-colored glasses’.

 

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Plural of Adjectives – Today’s French

TOUT, TOUTE, TOUS, TOUTES – Today’s French

 

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slumlord — French expression

Part of All Levels | French Expressions – Daily Practice

un marchand de sommeil – a retailer/seller/shopkeeper of sleep. A sleep retailer? In everyday French, un marchand de sommeil or une marchande de sommeil is ‘a slumlord (or a slumlady?)’.

In context

« Ce marchand de sommeil vient de prendre un an de prison avec sursis pour avoir profité de travailleurs étrangers attirés par le glamour de Paris. »

“This slumlord just got a one-year suspended sentence for taking advantage of foreign workers attracted by Paris glamor.”

 

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Demonstrative Adjectives – Today’s French

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to do the groceries – French expression

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What does ” faire les courses ” mean? How do you say ‘ to do the groceries ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it.

faire les courses – to do the shopping – In everyday French, faire les courses, not to be mixed up with faire des courses, means ‘to do the groceries’. faire des courses means ‘to go (window) shopping’ or ‘to run errands’.

* « Je vais faire les courses car il n’y a plus rien dans le frigo. »

* “I’m going to do the groceries because there’s nothing in the fridge anymore. “

 

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DES or LES ? – French Articles – Today’s French

 

 

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I feel + adverb – French expression

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je me sens. je – I, me – to myself, sens – feel. I to myself feel really means ‘I feel’. It’s generally followed by an adverb or an adjective: bien, mal, fatigué.e, content.e…

* « Je viens de faire 3 heures de jardinage et je me sens super bien. »

*  “I just did 3 hours of gardening and I feel really great.”

 

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sentir and to feel – Bitesize

Saying ‘I hurt’

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mettre de l’eau dans son vin – Mot du Jour

Part of All Levels | French Expressions – Daily Practice

mettre de l’eau dans son vin – to put some water in one’s wine. mettre de l’eau dans son vin can be taken literally – to put water in one’s wine to dilute it. Most of the time though, it’s a figurative expression and it means ‘to compromise’, ‘to meet someone halfway.’

* « Il va falloir qu’il mette de l’eau dans son vin s’il veut que son chef change d’avis. »

* “ He’s going to have to compromise if he want his boss to change his mind.”

 

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What’s that food ?

Ordering in a café

 

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it’s annoying – French expression

Part of All Levels | French Expressions – Daily Practice

What does ” c’est casse-pieds ” mean? How do you say ‘ it’s annoying ’ 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.

c’est casse-pieds – it’s break-feet – In everyday French, c’est casse-pieds means ‘it’s irritating, annoying’.

* « J’ai encore failli rater mon bus. Ce bus arrive toujours en avance. C’est vraiment casse-pieds. »

* “I almost missed my bus again. This bus always arrives early. It’s really annoying.”

 

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FAILLIR – Today’s French

To Miss: Manquer – Today’s French

déjà, encore, jamais and toujours – Today’s French

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