CBF 2:39 | Grammar review "we're not going to argue again"
Coffee Break French
Radio Lingua Network
4.6 • 5.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2010
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
After an enjoyable meal our two couples are about to enjoy a coffee and un petit digeo. The conversation continues between David, Christina, Sophie and Jean-Jacques in this penultimate episode of the series. Expressions covered include ça te dirait de faire quelque chose, aussitôt que, and further examples of the future and conditional tenses. Please note that lesson 39 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 79 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners.
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| 0:00.0 | As Nigel opened his Amazon parcel, it was in love at first sight, sleek design and effortless cornering. |
| 0:07.0 | This vacuum cleaner screamed quality and for a price lower than he ever dreamed, five stars from Nigel. |
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| 0:21.0 | Picture this, static cars, idling engines, angry horns. |
| 0:29.0 | Now, picture you, zooming past it all. |
| 0:34.0 | Light and breezy. |
| 0:37.0 | Ah, the sweet feeling of voicing past traffic. |
| 0:41.0 | Book your train journey via AvantiWestcoast.co.uk. |
| 0:45.0 | AvantiWestcoast, feel good travel. |
| 0:59.0 | AvantiWestcoast, feel good travel. |
| 1:01.0 | Hello everyone, welcome back to Coffee Break French. |
| 1:06.0 | It's coffee time for David Cristina Jean-Jacques and Sophie. |
| 1:09.0 | And in this part of the conversation, we'll be hearing further examples of the future and conditional tendencies that we've covered recently. |
| 1:17.0 | I hope that you enjoy this penultimate lesson of Coffee Break French. |
| 1:29.0 | So, by now, our friends have finished their meal and they're considering having coffee. |
| 1:37.0 | Let's listen to this part of the conversation and as usual, we'll come back to it afterwards and talk through the language used. |
| 1:46.0 | Oh, I don't know anymore, it was delicious, but I'm a bit tired. |
| 1:51.0 | You have bigger eyes than the stomach. |
| 1:54.0 | How? It doesn't say that, Sherry. |
| 1:57.0 | We say to have bigger eyes than the wind. |
| 2:01.0 | It's always difficult to translate idiomatic expressions, isn't it? |
| 2:05.0 | Yes, we understand each other most of the time. |
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