c’est reparti – Mot du jour at FrenchHour
Jun 05, 2019
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here we go again – French expression
What does ” c’est reparti ” mean? How do you say ‘ here we go again ’ 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 reparti comme en 40 – it’s to leave again like in 40. 40 (quarante) is the year 1940 during the second world war. I’m not sure why we use this expression in such a way, but c’est reparti comme en 40 expresses the idea that something big and difficult is starting again. c’est reparti comme en 40 means ‘brace yourself’ or ‘here we go again’ in everyday French.
There is an older version of this expression: c’est reparti comme en 14, beginning of WW1.
« Aïe aïe aïe ! La rentrée arrive et il va falloir se battre pour trouver toutes les fournitures à temps. C’est reparti comme en 40 ! »
“Oh dear ! Back-to-school is here and we’ll have to fight to find all the school supplies on time. Here we go again!”
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ma photo – Mot du jour at FrenchHour
May 27, 2019
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What are you staring at? – French expression
Learn a French expression today. What does ” tu veux ma photo ” mean? How do you say ‘ What are you staring at ’ 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.
tu veux ma photo ?– you want my picture?. In everyday French, tu veux ma photo means ‘What are you staring at?’.
« Arrête de me regarder comme ça. Tu veux ma photo ? »
“Stop looking at me like this. What are you staring at?”
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un rencard – Mot du jour at FrenchHour
May 16, 2019
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a date – French expression
What does ” un rencard ” mean? How do you say ‘ a date ’ 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.
un rencard can also be spelled with a t at the end – un rencart. Go figure! In everyday French, and it’s familiar French, un rencardmeans ‘a date’. If you wanted to be more sophisticated, you’d say ‘un rendez-vous amoureux’.
« Je peux pas venir avec toi faire des courses samedi. J’ai un rencard avec Marcel. J’ai hâte. »
“I can’t come with you on Saturday. I have a date with Marcel. I can’ wait.”
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eau dans son vin – Mot du jour at FrenchHour
May 09, 2019
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to meet halfway – French expression
What does ” eau dans son vin ” mean? How do you say ‘ to meet halfway ’ 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.
mettre de l’eau dans son vin – to put some the water in his/her wine. In everyday French, mettre de l’eau dans son vin means that you agree to compromise with someone, ‘to make concessions’, to meet someone halfway’.
« Il a mis beaucoup d’eau dans son vin avec elle et leur relation est bien meilleure maintenant. »
“He’s been meeting her halfway a lot and their relationship is a lot better now.”
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Cours d’œnologie – Today’s French Dictation at FrenchHour
May 08, 2019
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Wine course – French dictation
A “dictée” is the transcription of a spoken text. This dictation is going to help you improve your French vocabulary, your understanding of the structure of sentences and your listening comprehension as well.
En français
Cours d’œnologie – Dictée
J’ai trouvé un cours d’œnologie super. On apprend à faire des accords mets et vins, on va même faire des excursions dans des châteaux. Ce sont des cours du soir…
In English
Wine course – French dictation
I found a great wine course. We’re learning wine pairing, we even go on field trips to castles. Classes are at night…
Vouloir, c’est pouvoir – Mot du jour at FrenchHour
Apr 29, 2019
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Where there’s a will – French expression
What does ” vouloir, c’est pouvoir ” mean? How do you say ‘ where there is a will, there is a way ’ 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.
vouloir, c’est pouvoir – to want, it’s to be able to. Featuring two infinitive verbs vouloir, c’est pouvoiris a proverb I hear often. In everyday French, it means that if you want something, you can get/do it, that nothing is impossible. In English, it’s translated as ‘where there is a will, there is a way’.
« C’est sûr que si tu veux pas vraiment, tu pourras jamais venir en France. Tu sais que ‘vouloir, c’est pouvoir’. Alors vas-y, commence à préparer ton voyage en France ! »
“For sure, if you don’t really want to, you’ll never be able to come to France. You know that ‘where there is a will, there is a way’. So go ahead, start planning your trip to France!”
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avoir la pêche – Mot du jour at FrenchHour
Apr 24, 2019
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to feel good – French expression
What does ” avoir la pêche ” mean? How do you say ‘ to feel good ’ 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.
avoir la pêche – to have the peach, fishing – means to feel good, to be full of energy, to be enthusiastic in everyday French.
You may also hear: avoir la banane – to have the banana, avoir la patate – to have the potato, avoir la frite – to have the French ‘frie’.
« J’ai la pêche aujourd’hui. Je vais aller au marché. »
“I feel good today. I’m going to go to the farmer’s market.”
un son de cloche – Mot du jour at FrenchHour
Apr 21, 2019
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an opinion – French expression
What does ” un son de cloche ” mean? How do you say ‘ an opinion ’ 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.
un son de cloche – a sound of bell. In everyday French, un son de clochemeans ‘an opinion’. It’s often used with même (same) or autre (another).
Le même son de cloche: the same opinion, I agree. un autre son de cloche: another opinion, another story, I don’t agree.
« Tu dis que faire un soufflé, c’est facile ; mais moi, j’ai entendu un autre son de cloche. »
“You say that cooking a soufflé is easy; but I heard it another opinion.”
Practice expressions
une cloche – a stupid person
Quelle cloche ! – What a stupid person! (dated expression)
un goût amer – Mot du jour at FrenchHour
Apr 18, 2019
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a bitter taste – French expression
What does ” un goût amer ” mean? How do you say ‘ a bitter taste ’ 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.
laisser un goût amer – to leave a bitter taste. In everyday French, laisser un goût amer means ‘to leave a bitter taste’ to be resentful’.
« La dernière réunion pour la vente de la maison m’a laissé un goût amer. »
“The last meeting for the sale of the house made me resentful.”
bonjour les dégâts – Mot du Jour at FrenchHour
Apr 17, 2019
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what a disaster – French expression
What does ” bonjour les dégâts ” mean?
How do you say ‘ what a disaster ’ 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.
bonjour les dégâts – hello the damages – In everyday French, bonjour les dégâtsmeans ‘what a disaster’.
« Regarde cet arrêt de bus détruit après la manif. Bonjour les dégâts ! »
“Look at the this destroyed bus stop after the demonstration. What a disaster!”
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