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Key French Words & Expressions You'll Need Every Day, part 2

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gênerto be in the way; to block
chouette (shwette)excellent, great, beautiful, agreeable
chicelegant; excellent; nice
en avoir marreto be fed up with
ça m'est êgal.It's all the same to me.
en soiin itself, by it's very nature, by itself
soi-disantself-saying or self-claiming; so-called
cela va de soithat goes by itself; that's self evident
Je n'y suis pour rien.It has nothing to do with anything (or with me)
enfinat least; finally; in brief
en effetindeed, actualy, really, in actual fact
embêtantannoying
Fais gaffe!Watch out!
prêter attention ato pay attention to
Gare à toisame as faire gaffe. Watch out
quitte àeven if it means; even at the risk of
avoir beaueven though, in spite of, no matter how hard
se garder de (faire quelque chose)to be careful not to do
en fin de compte; tout compte fait; aubout de comptewhen you sum it all up; to conclude
vos coordonnêesaddress, phone no., email, etc.
par la suite; ensuitenext
tout à l'heurea little while ago or in a little while
ça m'êtonnerait (que)it would surprise me if..
je n'en reviens paI can't get over it; I can't believe it.
ainsi quethus
vachementfantastically; very
à l'insu dewithout the knowledge of
à mon insuwithout my knowledge
êtant donnê quegiven that
puisquesince; seeing that; thus
d'après (syn. of selon)according to
êtres prisI'm taken (I already have plans).
tenir pour acquisto take for granted
par mêgardeby inattention
doucement; en doucesoftly, slowly; gently, carefully
il vaut mieuxit's better to
Il y a quelque chose qui cloche (là-dedans)To sense that something is off or wrong.
Il y a quelque chose de louche (là-dedans)There's something that's not quite right in that (plan, idea, proposal,etc.)
pour ainsi direso to speak
à peine; ne...guèrehardly, scarcely



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