365 Days of French Expressions
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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.
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