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Weather stuff
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Il fait de la buine | it is drizzling |
| il fait doux | it is mild |
| mon oeil | don't kid me |
| recemment | recently |
| le journal | the newspaper |
| l'orage | the storm |
| qu'est-ce qu'il tombe alors! | boy, is it pouring! |
| il tonne. | it is thundering |
| le tonnerre | the thunder |
| il fait des eclairs | is it lightning |
| l'averse | the shower |
| ca a l'air de vouloir s'eclaircir | it looks as though it's going to clear. |
| le temps se remet au beau. | the weather is turning out fine. |
| l'eclaircie | the break in the clouds. |
| en attendant | in the meantime |
| jouer aux echecs | to play chess |
| jouer aux dames | to play checkers |
| plutot | rather, instead |
| avoir de la veine | to be lucky |
| la tempete de neige | the blizzard |
| le promenade en traineau | the sleigh-ride |
| patiner | to skate |
| ne... guere | hardly, scarcely |
| avoir l'occasion de (+inf) | to have the opportunity to |
| jeter | to throw |
| la boule de neige | the snowball |
| il grele | it hails |
| dingue | crazy |
| il fait un temps de chien | the weather is awful |
| Qu'est-ce qu'on donne? | What are they showing? |
| n'avoir que l'embarras du choix | to have a limitless choice |
| caoutchoucs | the rubbers |
| se charger de | to take care of |
| Il fait un temps superbe | the weather is marvelous |
| le nuage | the cloud |
| plaisanter | to joke |