English-French Miscellaneous Words & Phrases
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| please [formal or plural / familiar] | s'il vous plaît / s’il te plaît
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| Excuse me. [as when bumping into someone] | Pardon.
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| Excuse me. [as when needing to get by or to get attention] | Excusez-moi (,madame/monsieur)
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| (I am) sorry. | (Je suis) désolé
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| To your wishes. [said after a sneeze, as bless you] | À tes souhaits.
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| Like this. [in context] | Comme ça
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| So-so. [understood, but not used frequently in France] | Comme ci, comme ça
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| staircase wit [a great response after it’s too late] | l'esprit de l'escalier
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| Less quickly (,please). [easy way to ask to repeat slower] | Moins vite (, svp)
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| Slowly (,please). [an alternative to ask to repeat slower] | Lentement (, svp)
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| family name, surname [nom also means this, unmodified] | nom de famille
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| maiden name | nom de jeune fille
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| married name | nom d'épouse
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| little by little | petit à petit
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| today | aujourd'hui
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| tonight | ce soir / ce nuit
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| yesterday | hier
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| the day before yesterday | avant-hier
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| I don’t understand. | Je ne comprends pas.
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| I don’t know. | Je ne sais pas
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| Good year and good health! [Happy New Year] | Bonne année et bonne santé!
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| everybody | tout le monde
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| I was born… | Je suis né…
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| city/town hall | Hotel de ville
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| ground floor | rez-de-chaussée
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| ATM machine | guichet automatique de banque (GAB)
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| ATM machine [also vending machine] | distributeur
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| every day | tous les jours
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| always, still [i.e. continuing now] | toujours
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| many of, lots of | beaucoup de…
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| cheap | bon marché
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| opening hours | horaires d'ouverture
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| bathroom | salle de bain
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| exercising, working out | faire du sport
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| …right? [after an affirmative statement] | …n'est-ce pas?
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| a stroke of luck | un coup de chance
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| in the course of… / over the course of… [i.e. time] | au fil de…
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| One of the… | Un des <plural noun>…
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| What a shame! | C’est dommage!
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| I would like to introduce to you <name etc> | Je vous présente <name etc>
Je te présente <name etc>
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| This is <name> | Voici <name>
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