CBF 4:38 | Focus on idiomatic expressions
Coffee Break French
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4.6 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2015
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Coffee Break French, Pierre-Benoît and Mark discuss Sylvie’s most recent email to her mother Monique. The text gives us the opportunity to talk about a number of interesting grammar points and idiomatic expressions including further examples of the gerund, s’apercevoir de quelque chose, insister pour and the expression brûler les étapes.
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| 0:00.0 | Coffee Break French Season 4 Episode 38 |
| 0:15.0 | Bonjour à tous et à toutes et bienvenue à Coffee Break French. |
| 0:18.0 | Oui, oui, nous sommes de retour marque et pierre bonnoir pour un nouvel épisode. |
| 0:23.0 | Tout à fait, alors qu'on va tu ces soir ? |
| 0:25.0 | Moi très bien et je crois que je vais mieux que toi. |
| 0:28.0 | Oui, c'est vrai, je souffre un peu ce soir. |
| 0:31.0 | Je pense que tu as une dent contre ton dentiste en ce moment. |
| 0:34.0 | Oui, tout à fait. |
| 0:36.0 | À avoir une dent contre quelqu'un. |
| 0:39.0 | Oui exactement, cela me dit, |
| 0:41.0 | il a un bon tepêque, c'est ça moi aussi, |
| 0:43.0 | il a une autre partie. |
| 0:44.0 | Il a autre partie, exactement. |
| 0:45.0 | Tu as une autre partie, une autre partie, une autre partie. |
| 0:47.0 | Pourquoi est-ce que je dis ça ? |
| 0:49.0 | Moi, j'ai essayé de cette marque. |
| 0:51.0 | Alors cette semaine, je me suis fait opérer d'une dent de sa geste. |
| 0:55.0 | Oh là là, ça fait mal ça. |
| 0:57.0 | Ouais, je suis un peu moins sage. |
| 1:00.0 | Et ça fait vachement, mais il faut le dire. |
| 1:03.0 | Alors tu es moins sage, mais plus douillet. |
| 1:05.0 | Oui, exactement. |
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