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    365 Days of French Expressions
    365 Days of French Expressions
    365 Days of French Expressions
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    365 Days of French Expressions

    By Frederic Bibard

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    About this ebook

    Introduction:

    This short eBook was designed to help you learn some new French expressions and to memorise them.

    Each expression has its English Meaning, along with a literal translation, most French Learners it more engaging and easier to remember the expression this way.

    How to use this book:

    The book is structured to help you thoroughly understand each idiom and will look like this:

    French Expression:

    Avoir les chevilles qui enflent

    Meaning:

    to have one's ankles swell

    Literal translation:

    To be very full of oneself

    Develop a learning habit.

    « Quality is not an act, it is a habit. » - Aristotle.

    This eBook contains 365 expressions so you can learn a new one every day. You can devour this eBook in few hours if you like, but if you can develop a learning habit by reviewing one expression per day it may be much more beneficial. This book can be the first step needed to create a lasting learning habit.

    Reinforce your learning by doing the exercises:

    To make sure you memorize the expression, at the end of each week you will have a short quiz based on what you’ve learn

    Example

    Explain this French expression « conduire comme un pied » in English.
    Can you translate « That's another story » in French?

    You will find the answer in the following page.
    These kinds of exercises are much more effective than multiple choice tests.

    Bonus - Practice Your Pronunciation with the free MP3s:

    You can download the MP3 recordings of the expressions. You will find the link to download the 52 MP3 recordings at the end of this eBook.

    You can read each sentence out loud to practice and perfect pronunciation.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFrederic Bibard
    Release dateNov 30, 2014
    ISBN9781503377509
    365 Days of French Expressions
    Author

    Frederic Bibard

    Frédéric Bibard is the founder of Talkinfrench.com. He helps motivate learners to improve their French and create a learning habit.

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      365 Days of French Expressions - Frederic Bibard

      365 Days

      of French Expressions

      by Frédéric BIBARD

      Contents

      Introduction: 4

      How to download the MP3 ? 256

      About the author: 257

      Questions about the ebook or French? 257

      Others Ebooks: 258

      Podcast 264

      Introduction:

      This short eBook was designed to help you learn some new French expressions and to memorise them.

      Each expression has its English Meaning, along with a literal translation, most French Learners it more engaging and easier to remember the expression this way.

      How to use this book:

      The book is structured to help you thoroughly understand each idiom and will look like this:

      French Expression:

      Avoir les chevilles qui enflent

      Meaning:

      to have one's ankles swell

      Literal translation:

      To be very full of oneself

      Develop a learning habit.

      « Quality is not an act, it is a habit. » - Aristotle.

      This eBook contains 365 expressions so you can learn a new one every day. You can devour this eBook in few hours if you like, but if you can develop a learning habit by reviewing one expression per day it may be much more beneficial. This book can be the first step needed to create a lasting learning habit.

      Reinforce your learning by doing the exercises:

      To make sure you memorise the expression, at the end of each week you will have a short quiz based on what you’ve learned.

      Example

      1/ Explain this French expression « conduire comme un pied » in English.

      2/ Can you translate « That's another story » in French?

      You will find the answer in the following page.

      These kinds of exercises are much more effective than multiple choice tests.

      Bonus - Practice Your Pronunciation with the free MP3s:

      You can download the MP3 recordings of the expressions. You will find the link to download the MP3 recordings at the end of this eBook.

      An audiobook version is also offered with this ebook: Learn On the Go. Duration 92 minutes.

      You can read each sentence out loud to practice and perfect pronunciation.

      Your feedback is important to me : Do not hesitate to contact me at frederic@talkinfrench.com . If you think there is some room for improvement I will pay attention to your request. I want to be the best phrasebook. Also if you happen to visit France (in particular Paris), contact me perhaps we can have a little chat together.

      Week 1

      Day 1

      ... de cochon

      Added to make something worse or pejorative

      Pig's ...

      Example:

      Et il avait une haleine de cochon.- His breath was really too bad.

      Day 2

      Connaître sur le bout des doigts

      To know something inside out

      To know something like the tip of your fingers

      Example:

      Profitez du temps qu'il vous reste pour connaître la course sur le bout des doigts. - Use your remaining time to know the race inside out; all the information is here right at your fingertips!

      Day 3

      Ça ne casse pas des briques

      It has nothing to write home about

      It doesn't break bricks

      Example:

      Graphiquement ça ne casse pas des briques. – Visually, it doesn't look that promising.

      Day 4

      Ça va être pour ma pomme

      It's for yours truly

      It will be for my apple

      Example:

      S'il s'enfuit, c'est pour ma pomme. - If he runs, it's on me.

      Day 5

      Avoir les chevilles qui enflent

      To be very full of oneself

      To have one's ankles swell

      Example:

      Il a les chevilles qui enflent. - Getting too big for his britches.

      Day 6

      À cheval donné on ne regarde pas les dents

      Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

      One does not look at a given horse's teeth

      Example:

      Mais je ne suis pas du genre à cheval donné on ne regarde pas les dents. - But I'm not about to look a gift horse in the mouth.

      Day 7

      Chienne de grippe

      A bad flu

      Bitch of a flu

      Example:

      J'ai seulement une chienne de grippe depuis ce matin… - I only have a bad flu since this morning…

      Week 1 Recap:

      1/ Explain this French expression «Ça ne casse pas des briques» in English.

      2/ Can you translate «It's for yours truly» in French?

      Answer:

      Ça ne casse pas des briques

      It has nothing to write home about

      It doesn't break bricks

      Ça va être pour ma pomme

      It's for yours truly

      It will be for my apple

      Week 2

      Day 8

      Revenons à nos moutons

      To get back on topic, to return to the question at hand

      Let us return to our sheep

      Example:

      Mais revenons à nos moutons et permettez-moi de vous en citer quelques uns. - But getting back to the subject, let me quote them

      Day 9

      Avoir plusieurs cordes à son arc

      To be resourceful

      To have more than one string to one's bow

      Example:

      Je t'ai déjà dit... j'ai plusieurs cordes à mon arc. - I told you. I'm much more capable than you take me for.

      Day 10

      Coûter la peau du cul

      To cost dearly/to cost an arm and a leg

      To cost the skin of the arse

      Example:

      Je ne peux pas acheter cette voiture, elle coûte la peau du cul. - I can't buy that car - it costs an arm and a leg.

      Day 11

      Plein aux as

      Very rich

      Full to the ace

      Example:

      Il voulait avoir l'air plein aux as. - He bought me lots of stuff to look rich.

      Day 12

      Suer comme un bœuf

      To sweat

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