Enough
Enough: assez, suffisant Voir aussi : comment traduire “assez” en anglais
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what
It’s so/really cold outside : il fait si/vraiment froid dehors What a cold day! Qu’est-ce qu’il fait froid! What an idiot! Quel idiot! What a beautiful girl : Quelle belle fille! etc… etc…
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Phrasal verbs (Germanic) and intellectual words (French – Latin)
English vocabulary is a mixture of simple verb-preposition phrases and more intellectual Latin words. French speakers can easily recognise Latin words, and use them in their conversations. But the ‘Anglo-Saxon’ way of saying things is more difficult. Remember that generally, short word combinations are more informal and friendly, and that if you use only words [...]
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glossary – finance
actif – assets actions – shares/stocks aide-compatable – book-keeper banque d’affaires – merchant bank bénéfice – profit bénéficiaire – payee bourse – stock exchange boursier – stock broker carte bancaire – banker’s card cheque refusé – bounced cheque comptabilité – accountancy/accounting comptable – accountant compte courant – current account, checking account compte de dépôt – [...]
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Word of the day: to dither
Comment dire “tergiverser” en anglais? To dither: tergiverser/hésiter He couldn’t make a decision, so he dithered for several hours He dithered so long that in the end it was too late Stop dithering and get on with your work
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expressions anglaises avec make, do, have et take
Il y a beaucoup d’expressions avec les verbes, make, do, have, take. Attention, ce n’est pas toujours evident – on ne peut pas toujours traduire directement de français. Les réponses sont données dans la vidéo qui suit. complete the expressions using make, do , take, or have. Put the form in its correct form i.e. [...]
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Talking about travel time
Present (general) How long does it take? : (ça prend, ou vous mettez) combien de temps? future: how long will it take? / how long is it going to take? How far is it? : c’est à quelle distance? combien de kilometres? How long will it take? – about ten minutes, that’s all How far [...]
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Verbs to use with time and money
Time is Money! In English we think of time as a commodity that can be bought, invested in, lost or wasted, just like money. You will often hear people using the same verbs for time that they use for money: to spend money (dépenser de l’argent) to spend time (passer du temps) to save money [...]
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TOO & ENOUGH part 2
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TOO and ENOUGH
TOO = trop ENOUGH = assez But it’s not always that simple. Look at my explanations for French speakers here
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to say or to tell?
En anglais, deux mots se traduisent comme ‘dire’ – say et tell. ‘to tell’ est également ‘raconter’, comme dans les phrases suivantes: to tell a joke : raconter une blagueto tell a story: raconter une histoireto tell a lie: raconter ou dire un mensonge Quand on sait que ‘tell’ est plutôt ‘raconter’ la différence avec [...]
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Talking about the past with “used to”
Teachers spend a lot of time on progressive tenses, I was going, etc, but perhaps much more useful is “used to”. It’s very easy to learn, there are few variations, and indicates a past action that you don’t do now. Have a look at these examples: I used to live in London – avant, je [...]
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