CBF 3:29 | Idiomatic expressions and grammar review
Coffee Break French
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4.6 • 5.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2011
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
In this latest lesson of Coffee Break French we’ll be joining Veronica and listening to her final text. She has been learning French in Nice along with Katie and Alf and in this final text she updates us on what she has been doing and tells us of some important decisions she has taken. Please note that lesson 29 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 329 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 | Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination, not a car in the world, as you simply lean back. |
| 0:17.0 | And before you know it, you're there. |
| 0:20.0 | This is how travel should feel, and on our trains, it does. |
| 0:25.0 | Avanti West Coast. Feel good travel. |
| 0:32.0 | Coffee Break French Season 3 Episode 29 |
| 0:41.0 | Hello everyone and welcome back to Coffee Break French. |
| 0:44.0 | Welcome back once again to Coffee Break French. |
| 0:47.0 | This week we are with Veronica. |
| 0:49.0 | It's the last text of Veronica this week. |
| 0:53.0 | And as usual, we're going to read the text and learn a lot of phrases, words and grammar. |
| 1:02.0 | So are you ready to listen to Veronica's final text? |
| 1:05.0 | Is it ready? |
| 1:07.0 | Let's go! |
| 1:09.0 | Let's begin, as usual, by listening to the text and full. |
| 1:25.0 | After this, we'll go through the text to help you understand what has been said. |
| 1:30.0 | If you like a full line-by-line analysis of the text, then you can use the special extended version of this lesson. |
| 1:36.0 | Find it more about how to access that extended version at coffeebreakfrench.com. |
| 1:42.0 | Salut tout le monde! |
| 1:44.0 | Bon, je vais commencer par m'excuser de ma mauvaise humeur la semaine dernière. |
| 1:50.0 | Je ne sais pas ce qui m'est arrivé. |
| 1:52.0 | De toute manière, cette semaine, ça va super bien. |
| 1:57.0 | Et après avoir beaucoup réfléchi, j'ai pris de grande décision. |
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