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📖 STORY AND QUIZ OF THE DAY 📖 🇫🇷 Urgence au travail 🇬🇧 Emergency at work ____ ⚠️ Audio too fast? Too slow? ⚠️ You can change the speed on https://allaboutfrench.com/french-reading 🎧 ____ Tôt le matin, Nicolas reçoit un message de son patron, Sylvie. Early in the morning, Nicolas receives a message from his boss, Sylvie. Sylvie : Bonjour Nicolas. Nous avons une urgence. Es-tu disponible ? Merci par avance. Hello Nicolas. We have an emergency. Are you available? Thanks in advance. Nicolas : Bonjour Sylvie. Oui je suis disponible. Quelle est l'urgence ? Hello Sylvie. Yes I'm available. What's the emergency? Sylvie : Un photographe est tombé malade, nous avons besoin de ton aide. A photographer got sick, we need your help. Nicolas : D'accord, je viens tout de suite. Pouvez-vous me donner l'adresse s'il vous plaît ? Okay, I'm coming very soon. Can you give me the address please? Sylvie lui envoie l'adresse. Sylvie sends him the address. (...) END OF THE PREVIEW (...) ----------------------------------------------- FULL STORY AND QUIZ FOR MEMBERS ONLY ⭐⭐⭐ ----------------------------------------------- Become a member to access the full version of this story and its 5-Question quiz But also... ✅ Receive one new full story everyday on my private Telegram channel ✅ Get full access to 365 stories and quizzes on my website ✅ Access my private group chat for your French learning questions Click the button "BECOME A MEMBER" below for more info ___ À demain ! (See you tomorrow!) 👋 Adrien @LearnFrenchDaily

MEANING 🇫🇷 Merci d'avance 🇬🇧 Thanks in advance ____ REGISTER 📖 Formal ____ AUDIO 🗣️ IPA: / mɛʁsi davɑ̃s / 🔊 Slow and normal audio ⬇️ 🔊 Example ⬇️ ____ @LearnFrenchDaily

📖 STORY AND QUIZ OF THE DAY 📖 🇫🇷 L'intoxication alimentaire 🇬🇧 The food poisoning ____ ⚠️ Audio too fast? Too slow? ⚠️ You can change the speed on https://allaboutfrench.com/french-reading 🎧 ____ Aujourd'hui, Emily et Philippe ont décidé de visiter une exposition. Today, Emily and Philippe decided to visit an exhibition. La veille, Philippe a mangé du saumon avec du riz, sans regarder la date d'expiration du poisson. The day before, Philippe ate salmon with rice, without looking at the expiration date of the fish. Il a donc passé une très mauvaise nuit... So, he had a very bad night... Mais il a décidé de quand même tenir sa promesse et d'accompagner Emily à l'exposition... But he decided to still keep his promise and go to the exhibit with Emily... Quand il arrive, Emily voit sur son visage que quelque chose ne va pas... When he arrives, Emily sees on his face that something is wrong... (...) END OF THE PREVIEW (...) ----------------------------------------------- FULL STORY AND QUIZ FOR MEMBERS ONLY ⭐⭐⭐ ----------------------------------------------- Become a member to access the full version of this story and its 5-Question quiz But also... ✅ Receive one new full story everyday on my private Telegram channel ✅ Get full access to 365 stories and quizzes on my website ✅ Access my private group chat for your French learning questions Click the button "BECOME A MEMBER" below for more info ___ À demain ! (See you tomorrow!) 👋 Adrien @LearnFrenchDaily

MEANING 🇫🇷 Je vais bien, merci 🇬🇧 I'm fine, thanks ____ REGISTER 📖 Neutral ____ AUDIO 🗣️ IPA: / ʒə vɛ bjɛ̃, mɛʁsi / 🔊 Slow and normal audio ⬇️ 🔊 Example ⬇️ ____ @LearnFrenchDaily

📖 STORY AND QUIZ OF THE DAY 📖 🇫🇷 Une soirée avec une amie 🇬🇧 An evening with a friend ____ ⚠️ Audio too fast? Too slow? ⚠️ You can change the speed on https://allaboutfrench.com/french-reading 🎧 ____ Joe et Ellen ont décidé de se retrouver après une longue période sans s'être vus. Joe and Ellen decided to meet after a long time without seeing each other. Contrairement à Joe, Ellen venait souvent en France. Unlike Joe, Ellen was frequently coming to France. Elle travaillait pour une grande entreprise qui vendait des vêtements en France. She worked for a big company that sold clothes in France. Donc de temps en temps, elle se rendait en France pour travailler sur des projets. So from time to time, she went to France to work on projects. Pendant leur rencontre, Joe et Ellen ont beaucoup parlé de leur travail, leurs projets et leurs amis en commun. During their meeting, Joe and Ellen talked a lot about their work, their projects and their common friends. (...) END OF THE PREVIEW (...) ----------------------------------------------- FULL STORY AND QUIZ FOR MEMBERS ONLY ⭐⭐⭐ ----------------------------------------------- Become a member to access the full version of this story and its 5-Question quiz But also... ✅ Receive one new full story everyday on my private Telegram channel ✅ Get full access to 365 stories and quizzes on my website ✅ Access my private group chat for your French learning questions Click the button "BECOME A MEMBER" below for more info ___ À demain ! (See you tomorrow!) 👋 Adrien @LearnFrenchDaily

🇫🇷 Passer du coq à l'âne 🇬🇧 To suddenly change the subject ____ DEFINITION • Passer → To pass/go • Du coq → From the rooster • À l'âne → To the donkey All right, this one won't be easy to explain, brace yourself. During the 14th century, French people used the expression "Saillir du coq à l'asne" (To copulate from the rooster to the duck). Because it happens sometimes that a rooster tries to copulate with ducks... With time, people started to use this weird interracial fact as a comparison for people abruptly changing subject. Arguing that it's as illogical as a rooster trying to "boom boom" a duck. So, they said: "Passer du coq à l'asne" (To go from the rooster to the duck) to represent someone going from one subject to another completely unrelated one. But wait, where is the donkey coming from? First: "Asne" (Old word for "duck") and " ne" (Donkey) are pronounced exactly the same. Secondly, "Asne" is not used anymore (it's now "Canard") while " ne" is still used. Then, as a result for people using it for centuries: "Passer du coq à l'asne" slowly turned into "Passer du coq à l'âne" into people's minds. Even if the donkey has nothing to do with this expression... HOW TO USE You are in the middle of a passionate debate, when the person you are talking with suddenly starts talking about the weather, out of nowhere... You can say: "Wtf?" but also "Tu passes du coq à l'âne !" (You go from the rooster to the donkey!). If the person is doing that frequently, you can even say: "Arrête de passer du coq à l'âne !" (Stop going from the rooster to the donkey!). FUN FACT We have an expression to make fun of this expression (Yes it's crazy...). It's "Passer du Coca Light", which means absolutely nothing (literally: "to go from light coke") but sounds extremely similar to the original expression and with a sweet (but light) pun. SYNONYMS Sauter du coq à l'âne. ("To jump from the rooster to the donkey") ____ 🔊 Real-life example with audio in the story of the day ⬇️ @LearnFrenchDaily

MEANING 🇫🇷 Passer du coq à l'âne 🇬🇧 To suddenly change the subject ❓ *Literal meaning: To move from the rooster to the donkey ____ REGISTER 📖 Informal ____ AUDIO 🗣️ IPA: / pase dy kɔk‿ a lan / 🔊 Slow and normal audio ⬇️ 🔊 Example ⬇️ ____ @LearnFrenchDaily

📖 STORY AND QUIZ OF THE DAY 📖 🇫🇷 C'est épuisant d'avoir une soeur 🇬🇧 It's exhausting to have a sister ____ ⚠️ Audio too fast? Too slow? ⚠️ You can change the speed on https://allaboutfrench.com/french-reading 🎧 ____ Aujourd'hui, Nicolas rencontre le nouveau copain de sa soeur. Today, Nicolas is meeting the new boyfriend of his sister. Ils ont décidé d'aller courir tous ensemble. They decided to go running all together. Nicolas a toujours été sportif, mais n'aime pas trop le jogging. Nicolas has always been athletic, but does not like much jogging. En fait, il lui fallait juste une excuse pour rencontrer le copain de sa soeur, et découvrir si c'est un homme bien... In fact, he just needed an excuse to meet the boyfriend of his sister, and find out if he is a good man... Il ne se considère pas comme un frère surprotecteur, mais estime que c'est son rôle de parler avec Pierre. He does not consider himself as an overprotective brother, but believes it's his role to speak with Pierre. (...) END OF THE PREVIEW (...) ----------------------------------------------- FULL STORY AND QUIZ FOR MEMBERS ONLY ⭐⭐⭐ ----------------------------------------------- Become a member to access the full version of this story and its 5-Question quiz But also... ✅ Receive one new full story everyday on my private Telegram channel ✅ Get full access to 365 stories and quizzes on my website ✅ Access my private group chat for your French learning questions Click the button "BECOME A MEMBER" below for more info ___ À demain ! (See you tomorrow!) 👋 Adrien @LearnFrenchDaily