71: "I had to do overtime..."

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🗓️ 27 July 2007

⏱️ 13 minutes

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The number of hours worked per week by French employees has been a hot topic in France recently. In this lesson, let’s study some of the vocabulary which will enable us to talk about overtime, in particular. Let's listen to a conversation between Christian and Marie in which Christian chastises Marie for not standing up to her boss and saying enough is enough…

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Learn French by podcast. My name is Hugh Nagel and with me is Emily Verdeier.
0:18.8	Bonjour Amelie Verdeer.
0:19.6	Bonjour!
0:20.6	Bonjour! The number of hours worked per week by French employees has been a hot topic in France recently.
0:34.3	In this lesson let's study some of the vocabulary which will enable us to talk about overtime
0:38.8	in particular.
0:40.0	We start with a role play between Christian and Marie.
0:43.5	Christian is chastising Marie for not standing up to our boss and saying,
0:47.8	Enough is enough.
0:49.4	Let's hear their conversation.
0:50.8	Eh bien, it's a set on the conversation. I've found that's normal to entreat all the story to have an ear when
1:03.5	the other sonthes on the piedo or three-er?
1:05.8	No, but is what I'm sure.
1:07.8	You can't accept it please here to a pair of the time
1:10.1	my cup in my son?
1:11.4	No, that's sure. But you're in accordance to the end. time my cup
1:15.0	en bécoupere?
1:16.0	That's more easy to turn to her to her poucher.
1:19.0	And then I'm not the soul in this situation.
1:22.0	It's difficult to refuse to travel
1:23.7	to the world to make those en the
1:22.0	enriches in the Keep.
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