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Jul
16
2012
"Je suis désolé mais j'ai eu un empêchement de dernière minute."
"Sorry, but something has come up at the last minute."
In your 'Useful Expressions' list, one you will certainly want to put at the top of that list is avoir un empêchement.… Read More
Jul
10
2012
"Au Mexique, un vote s'achète pour une poignée de pesos"
"In Mexico, a vote can be bought for a handful of pesos"
Consider this headline from the news.… Read More
Jul
09
2012
Murray: "J'y crois encore"
... "I am continuing to believe."
The wait continues for Britain's Andy Murray to win his first Grand Slam title after his defeat in the Wimbledon final.… Read More
Jun
29
2012
'Voudrais-tu éteindre ton téléphone, s'il te plaît?…'
'Would you please turn off your phone?…'
More and more people seem to suffer from the modern-day 'affliction' of constantly composing text messages.… Read More
Jun
28
2012
'La validation de la réforme de l'assurance-santé d'Obama' - un coup dur pour Mitt Romney
Support for Obama's health insurance reform – a real blow for Mitt Romney
Un coup dur in this context relates to a 'real blow'.… Read More
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Recent Lessons
Lesson no: 201, Level: Intermediate
La covid-19 : une crise inédite
Our conversation this time is about something which has been central to our lives around the world since the beginning of the year. We are speaking, of course, about the coronavirus pandemic.
Lesson no: 200, Level: Intermediate
The subject of this, our 200th lesson!, is the opioid crisis in the U.S. which has reached quite shocking proportions. How did it come to this? Let’s start with a conversation.
Lesson no: 199, Level: Intermediate
Les ‘décroissants’, c’est qui?
Our conversation this time focuses on people who are referred to as ’les décroissants’. But who exactly are ‘les décroissants’? To find out, let’s start with a conversation.
Lesson no: 198, Level: Intermediate
One of our listeners was taking up a position as a teacher in a pre-school in France and asked if we would put together some expressions and vocabulary that might be used in a dialogue between the teacher and a parent. Let’s consider one such conversation.
Lesson no: 197, Level: Intermediate
Quand ‘l’Afrique’ a gagné la Coupe du Monde!
Our lesson this time goes back to a joke made by chat-show host Trevor Noah last summer, following the World cup. The only thing is, some people didn’t find his joke funny at all, not least the French ambassador in Washington. So what was it all about, again? Let’s start, as usual, with a conversation to put things in context.
