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VSL Unit 2 Workset12
expressions-clés
| français | anglais |
|---|---|
| C'était en été | This was in summer |
| C'était au mois d'avril | This was in April |
| Cela est arrivé à Noël | This happened at Christmas |
| Cela s'est passé à Pâques | This happened at Easter |
| C'était une belle journée d'été | It was a beautiful summer's day |
| Il était huit heures du matin | It was eight o'clock in the morning |
| Il était midi | it was midday |
| Il était déjà tard quand il est arrivé | It was already late when he arrived |
| Minuit a sonné | Midnight struck |
| Il faisait beau/ mauvais | the weather was good/ bad |
| Il faisait chaud/ froid | the weather was warm/cold |
| le temps était superbe | the weather was great |
| Il pleuvait à verse | It was raining cats and dogs |
| d'abord | first (of all) |
| puis/ ensuite | then |
| enfin | finally |
| tout de suite/ immédiatement | immediately |
| soudain | suddenly |
| tout à coup/ tout d'un coup | all of a sudden, all at once |
| brusquement | suddenly, abruptly |
| au bout d'un moment | after a while |
| C'est alors que... | that's when... |
| le matin | in the morning |
| l'après-midi (m/f) | in the afternoon |
| le soir | in the evening |
| à la tombée de la nuit | at nightfall |
| le lendemain | the next day |
| avant l'école | before school |
| après les cours | after classes |
| au bout d'une heure/ d'une demi-heure/ de dix minutes | in an hour/ half an hour/ ten minutes |
| deux heures plus tard | two hours later |
| huit jours/ quinze jours plus tard | a week/ two weeks later |
| un mois plus tard | a month later |
| il y a trois mois je suis allé faire du camping | Three months ago I went camping |
| Il y a cinq ans nous habitions à Lille | 5 years ago, we lived in Lille |
| Dans un mois, nous partirons pour L'Inde | In a month's time we'll go to India |
| Dans deux ans je finirai l'école | In two year's time I'll finish school |
| évidemment | obviously |
| heureusement | fortunately |
| malheureusement | unfortunately |
| à ma grande joie | to my great joy |
| à mon grand étonnement | to my (great) astonishment |
| à ma grande surprise | to my great surprise |
| Quel bonheur ! | What luck !/ how lucky ! |
| Quelle horreur ! | How awful ! |
| Quelle honte ! | What a shame ! |
| On n'est pas sorti parce qu'il pleuvait | We didn't go out because it was raining |
| On n'est pas sorti à cause de la pluie | We didn't go out à cause de la pluie |
| affirmer que | to assert that |
| ajouter que | to add that |
| annoncer que | to announce that |
| demander si | to ask whether |
| déclarer que | to declare that |
| dire que | to say that |
| expliquer que | to explain that |
| souhaiter que | to hope that |
| insister que | to insist that |
| prétendre que | to claim that |
| répondre que | to answer that |
| proposer que | to suggest that |
| aujourd'hui | today |
| ce jour-là | that day |
| demain | tomorrow |
| le lendemain | the day after |
| hier | yesterday |
| la veille | the previous day, the day before |
| ce matin | this morning |
| ce matin-là | that morning |
| la semaine dernière | last week |
| la semaine précédente | the previous week |
| la semaine prochaine | next week |
| la semaine suivante | the following week |
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