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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.frenchwithamelie.com 👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: ne m'en parle pas ✨ = n'aborde pas ce sujet = don't get me started. "Ne m'en parle pas des embouteillages parisiens, j'y ai passé deux heures ce matin !" ça me gave ✨ ça m'énerve = it annoys me.  (Become a premium member for more... ) Welcome to French with Amélie. A uniq...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.frenchwithamelie.com 👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: têtu = obstiné = stubborn gober = croire naïvement = to swallow whole/believe naively. It means to swallow/gulp (avaler) but used figuratively when people are too naive. tiré par les cheveux ✨🧩 = peu vraisemblable = far-fetched. This phrase is like trying to connect Orion...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.frenchwithamelie.com 👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: c'est du lourd ✨= very colloquial, young people = this is awesome / big (for the program). Save for things that really are awesome. il y est pour beaucoup ✨🧩= joue un rôle important , c'est en grande partie dû à lui = plays a big part / is largely thanks to him. Effortle...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.frenchwithamelie.com 👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: un peu juste = à peine suffisant = (in this context, and also with clothes) ‘juste’ means ‘tight’. Also see serré below. au cas où ✨ = si nécessaire = just in case. Great phrase to have on hand. “J’apporte un parapluie, au cas où” au fond ✨= tout en bas = at the bottom/de...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.frenchwithamelie.com 👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: ouf ✨ une atmosphère folle = crazy. "Ouf" is verlan (backwards slang) for "fou" (crazy). “Il m’est arrivé un truc de ouf !” (The craziest thing happened to me!) une occasion en or   ✨= une opportunité exceptionnelle = a golden opportunity. en avoir dans le ventre ✨🧩 êtr...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.frenchwithamelie.com 👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: pote ✨ = colloquial phrase for your mate / bro. An old slang word it was revived by the anti-racist movement in the 1990s and used in the slogan: “Touche pas à mon pote” (Don't touch my buddy), but now entered the language as a catch-phrase. Used regularly among guys. en t...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.frenchwithamelie.com 👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: ce n'est pas la mer à boire ✨🧩= ce n'est pas compliqué, ce n'est pas difficile = It's not that hard. Cette expression est parfaite pour minimiser un défi. Comme quand on apprend le français: "Apprendre l'imparfait? Ce n'est pas la mer à boire!" Enfin bref ✨ = de toute fa...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.frenchwithamelie.com 👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: Je rigole pas ✨ = je plaisante pas = I'm not kidding. “De quelle nationalité êtes-vous? Vous plaisantez ! Je suis Chinois” (What nationality are you? You must be joking! I'm Chinese) Le bon sens = dans le sens positif = In the good sense.. Handy for those times you need to...

👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: Oh, mais si ! = Used instead of ‘Oui’ 🔗 to contradict a question. ça a l'air tentant ✨ = that sounds tempting je vais devoir moi aussi te rendre - look out for this construction, very ‘French’. (Become a premium member for more... ) Welcome to French with Amélie. A unique French course delivered straight to your email inbox 📨 Incredible colloquial dialogue...

👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: entreprendre = undertake/commence “Il vient d'entreprendre ses études de médecine” (He has just started studying medicine) relever le défi = rise to the challenge, take up the gauntlet (Become a premium member for more... ) Welcome to French with Amélie. A unique French course delivered straight to your email inbox 📨 Incredible colloquial dialogues, rich com...

👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: d'abord = en premier lieu = firstly/first (of all) “Tu aurais dû d'abord te mettre de la crème solaire. “ (You should have put some sun cream on first) tout d'abord = added emphasis on firstness .  elle est habillée = how she is dressed. to wear (des vêtements) = porter / mettre en fin de compte = at the end of the day ”En fin de compte, c’est elle qui a rais...

👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: c'est pas de chance ✨🧩 = that’s too bad, that’s a bummer. pas de chance = out of luck, no luck Ex. “Je voulais aller manger au restaurant. Mais pas de chance, c'était fermé.” plein de ✨ - a colloquial way of saying ‘beaucoup de’, invariable. “J’ai plein de travail en ce moment”, “On a rencontré plein de gens”. (Become a premium member for more... ) Welcome...

👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: la méditation de pleine conscience = mindfulness meditation 🧘🏻 It’s as popular in France as anywhere else. gérer = manage/handle Ex . “ Ma sœur gère bien les situations difficiles .” le plus important ✨ est plus souvent utilisé que "l'important”. No doubt the eternal tendency toward one-upmanship of the French! Sans doute cette éternelle tendance des Franç...

👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: Zut ! ✨= a mild expletive = darn it / drat. Can be used in place of other swear words and is incredibly flexible in that regard. “Zut, j'ai perdu mes clés !” (Drat! I've lost my keys!). Alt. Mince ! Je m’en fiche ✨= cela m'est égal = the colloquial way to say “I don’t care”. Has a slight edge to it so don’t use if you’re trying to be polite at all, but Fren...

👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: tenir le plus à cœur - matters most to you/closest to your heart c’est clair = Ou, “ carrément ” - both colloquial. More formally: ” Tout à fait ” (Become a premium member for more... ) Welcome to French with Amélie. A unique French course delivered straight to your email inbox 📨 Incredible colloquial dialogues, rich community, and real progress 💜 Join 20k+...

👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: actuellement ✨ = un faux-ami (false-friend) of “actually”. It means “currently”. It is also often better than “maintenant” to talk about a period of time, “maintenant” evokes the exact moment one is speaking in right now .  après tout - ou, “ en fin de compte ” = after all “Mais après tout, c'est peut-être plus pratique d'y aller en voiture” (But after all,...

👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: étouffer = avoir du mal à respirer = to feel suffocated. "En portant ce pull trop serré, j'ai l'impression d' étouffer !" (Wearing this tight sweater makes me feel like I'm suffocating !)Fun Fact: French speakers often use this word metaphorically, like feeling suffocated by too much work or a tight schedule - très dramatique, non? en vrai = dans la réalité =...

👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: une sacrée bonne affaire = a hell of a bargain/a damn good deal et qu'est-ce qui lui est arrivé? = what happened her? (nb. lui = fem) ce qui s'est passé / ce qui est arrivé / ce qui s'est produit / ce qu'il est advenu = different ways of saying ‘what happened/what came to pass” in French le bon temps = the good old days (Become a premium member for more... )...

👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: jusqu'à midi = until noon . The bliss of not having a 9-to-5 routine eh! Example: "Le weekend, je dors jusqu'à midi sans faute." (On weekends, I sleep until noon without fail.) surtout = especially . This word is the spice of emphasis in French, turning a simple sentence into a flavorful shot of what really matters. Example: "Surtout depuis que tu souffres ta...

👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: démodé = vieillot = old-fashioned/outdated “De nos jours, utiliser une machine à écrire [typewriter] peut être considéré comme démodé” ("Nowadays, using a typewriter can be considered old-fashioned”). Looking for a positive? Call it ‘ rétro’ 😉 (and double the price!) disons = let’s say.. A handy filler when you're trying to sound thoughtfully French while ch...

👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: les câlins et les bisous = hugs and kisses J'espère bien ! ✨ - More natural than just “J'espère”. English speakers can sometimes tend to say this.  je plaisante ✨ = je rigole, je blague = I'm joking. For those moments when you've said something a bit too outrageous. It's the perfect way to backtrack with a smile. “Croyez-moi. Je ne plaisante pas avec ça” (T...

👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: de dommages = des dégâts = damage L'Europe , ce vieux continent plein d'histoire et de fromages qui puent! C'est aussi un super sujet de conversation, surtout si vous voulez montrer que vous connaissez la différence entre la Suisse et la Suède. L'Union européenne = The European Union tels que = comme = such as . Keep an eye out though as ‘tel’ will decline [m...

👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: j’aime bien ✨ - notice how often it recurs in this dialogue - French people say it much more frequently than simply ‘j’aime’ in this context.  sinon.. = otherwise, if not. Lève-toi sinon tu seras en retard. (Get up, otherwise you'll be late). Also just ‘anyway / by the way’—a bit of a filler—“Et sinon, toi, tu deviens quoi ?” (And anyway, what are you up to...

👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: un as de = ’un geek de’, un ace, a whizz je parie que ✨ = I bet that. "Je parie qu'il va pleuvoir demain." (I bet it's going to rain tomorrow.) - A handy phrase for making predictions or challenges in a casual, conversational way. It adds a playful edge to your French banter! je viens de.. ✨ = = I just. "Je viens d'arriver à la gare." (I just arrived at the...

👂🏻 Colloquial phrases to listen for: un béguin = a crush. “Ça fait➹ des mois que j'ai le béguin pour cette fille” (I've had a crush on this girl for months now). Previous appearance ➹ craquer sur ✨   = avoir un coup de cœur pour! (see above). This is the freshest colloquial way to talk about having fallen for someone in French. “Vincent a craqué sur sa jolie voisine.” de tout mon cœur ✨ = with...