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Talking About Weekend Plans
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Asking for Street Directions
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Trying on Clothes
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Eating at a Restaurant
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Checking Into a Hotel Room
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Talking About Weekend Plans
You meet everyday words and short phrases for weekend plans. One friend talks with Mia and Ben about movies, dinner, and time together. The examples reuse familiar activities as the friends choose what to do.
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Asking for Street Directions
Basic questions and street directions guide a walk to the library. You ask a woman for help, follow her directions, and find the entrance. Short questions and directions appear alongside words for places you pass.
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Trying on Clothes
Common words and short phrases for trying on clothes appear in a shopping story. A shopper chooses a shirt and pants, tries them on, and asks for different sizes. Size words and short phrases show what feels wrong and what fits well.
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Eating at a Restaurant
You meet common restaurant words and polite requests. Two friends find a table, choose drinks, and order food. The examples reuse familiar words in short questions and requests.
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Checking Into a Hotel Room
Hotel check-in includes names, room details, and a room key. A guest gives reservation details and asks about the room and breakfast. Short questions reuse words like room and key.
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Getting Coffee With a Friend
Meet a friend at a café and order a drink. Follow the visit from finding a table to drinking coffee and tea. Short requests repeat familiar words for drink choices and payment.
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Checking In for a Flight
This set covers checking in for a flight and dropping off a bag. The cards follow a traveler from the check-in counter to the bag drop. Short requests and repeated words connect each step.
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Meeting Someone New
This set covers greetings and simple personal details when you meet someone new.Two people say hello, talk about home, family, work, and interests, and then say goodbye. Short questions and answers repeat familiar words.
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My Phone in Everyday Use
Talk about your phone in everyday situations in France: calling someone, sending messages, getting online and dealing with a dead battery or a broken phone.Everyday words: le portable, le message, le réseau, la batterie, le chargeurKey verbs: appeler, répondre, envoyer, charger, marcherNotes on French usage: regional words for mobile phones and natural expressions like avoir du réseau and je n'ai plus de batterie.
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How I Spend My Free Time
Talk about what you enjoy doing outside of work or study, from quiet evenings at home to staying active and going out with friends.Everyday activities: common words for music, reading, cooking, sports and relaxing.Likes and preferences: natural ways to say what you like, love or prefer doing.Your weekly routine: pay attention to how frequency words like souvent and time phrases like le soir or le week-end connect hobbies to real life.As you listen, picture your own week and try swapping the activities in the examples for the things you actually do.
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Stories Behind My Photos
Talk about the photos on your phone or in an album. In this set, you meet everyday words to point out where people are in the frame, say what they are doing and wearing, and share simple memories.Notice how French uses sur la photo (on the photo) rather than 'in'.Learn position words in pairs like à gauche and à droite, or devant and derrière.Practice by opening your own camera roll and describing two or three pictures out loud.
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Quiet Study Between Classes
Talk about reading, writing and studying on your own at home or in a library.Everyday objects: books, notebooks, pens and dictionaries.Core study actions: reading texts, looking up words, taking notes and doing exercises.Natural flow: follow a quiet study session from opening a book to reviewing before the next class.
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Reading and Saying Clock Times
Ask and tell the time in French, talk about daily schedules, and understand shop opening hours.Telling the time: expressions with Il est..., quarters, halves, noon, and midnight.Parts of the day: how to specify morning, afternoon, and evening, plus the 24-hour clock used in France for schedules.Opening hours: essential words for when places open and close.Notice how French puts the hour first and adds minutes, et quart, or et demie right after heures.
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My Calendar: Days and Months
The seven days of the week, the twelve months of the year, and six everyday words for talking about your schedule.Notice the difference between le lundi (every Monday) and lundi (this Monday).Learn the months in natural phrases with en (en janvier, en avril) so you hear how the words link together.
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What the Weather Means for My Day
Talk about the weather in French and connect it to everyday choices: what to wear, what to take with you, and whether to go out or stay home.Weather chunks: Hear how French speakers use Il fait... and Il y a... to describe the sky and temperature.Clothes and plans: Link the weather directly to everyday items like le manteau, le parapluie, and choices like sortir or rester.Listening tip: Pay attention to the difference between Il fait froid (it is cold outside) and J'ai froid (I feel cold).
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My Usual Working Day
Talk about your working day and ask coworkers about theirs, from arriving in the morning to going home in the evening.Everyday work words like le bureau, le collègue and la réunionKey verbs for your routine: commencer, déjeuner, finir, rentrerNatural sentences with tu, just as coworkers speak in France
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Seeing Both Sides in Everyday Talk
Weigh pros and cons in everyday decisions—from choosing an apartment or a commute to picking a phone plan or weekend getaway—using fixed French expressions for contrast, concession, and qualification.Balance two sides: chunks like d'un côté... de l'autre, en revanche, and en même temps.Allow exceptions without dropping your point: expressions such as cela dit, pour autant, encore que, and il n'empêche que.Nuance your conclusion: phrases like dans une certaine mesure, à ceci près que, and tout bien considéré.Pay attention to whether a chunk is followed by an infinitive, the indicative, or the subjunctive, and notice how spoken connectors differ in tone from more polished ones.
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Sharing an Unwelcome Result
Breaking unwelcome news in French calls for different phrasing depending on whether you are speaking to a friend with tu or a professional contact with vous. This set follows the natural order of the conversation:Gentle openings to prepare the other person before sharing the newsClear outcome statements for plans that fall through or requests that are refusedExpressions of regret that acknowledge the listener's disappointmentPay attention to the contrast between everyday spoken phrases built with ça and polite professional formulas.
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Commitments and Support With tenir
Beyond literal holding, tenir appears constantly in everyday French to talk about what matters to you, the promises you keep, and how you support people around you.Care, attachment and encouragement among friends with tuKeeping people informed, keeping secrets and sticking to your wordDeadlines, feedback and polite support at work with coworkers and a supervisor using vousPay attention to small building blocks like à, de and en, and notice where expressions drop the article, such as tenir parole and tenir compte de.
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Ending a Phone or Internet Contract
Closing a phone or internet account in French takes a few specific legal and administrative terms. In this set, you follow a polite conversation with a customer service agent from start to finish:Ask to end your subscription and firmly turn down offers to stay.Check your commitment period, notice requirements, and any cancellation fees.Find out the disconnection date, how to return equipment, and when payments stop.Ask for written confirmation that your request has been processed.Notice how French uses résilier rather than annuler when ending a contract or subscription.
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Seeing a Doctor Without an Appointment
Go beyond basic pain statements to handle an urgent visit to a doctor's office in France. This set follows a walk-in consultation from the reception desk to the examination and final prescription.At reception: ask for an available slot, show your insurance card, and handle waiting times.With the doctor: describe how your symptoms have changed over several days and what you have already tried.Before leaving: understand examination instructions, ask about follow-up care, and get paperwork for reimbursement.Pay attention to how depuis with the present tense expresses ongoing symptoms, and how formal vous is used by both patient and staff.
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Collecting a Parcel Nearby
Picking up a parcel in France usually takes place at the post office or at a local shop acting as a pickup counter. This set follows the conversation at the counter using polite vous:saying you are there to collect a parcel and giving the recipient's nameshowing your ID, tracking details or collection codeanswering questions about the sender and the size or condition of the boxchecking the package and signing on the screen before taking it home
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Images for Effort and Progress
French uses vivid, everyday images to talk about rolling up your sleeves, hitting a wall and finally finishing a tough job. This set follows the natural arc of a long effort in study, work or a home project:Trying hard: idioms for pitching in, racking your brains and working twice as fastGetting nowhere: expressions for going in circles, stalling and struggling with a problemMaking progress: phrases for passing a milestone, seeing the end and having your efforts pay offPicture the literal image behind each phrase—from baking dough to neutral gear in a car—to help lock the expression in your memory.
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When a Plan Comes With Conditions
Plans rarely happen without a few conditions or backup options. This set gives you ready-made expressions to attach conditions, exceptions and safeguards to everyday arrangements with friends, coworkers and staff.Use whole chunks with à condition que, pour que and avant que without stopping to build subjunctive verb forms from scratch.Add backup plans smoothly with au cas où and the conditional.Drop in quick exceptions like sauf imprévu and sauf s'il pleut.
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