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Aug 2021
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Ep53 - Don't say "de rien", use these wo...

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Bonjour à tous, thanks for tuning in today, I hope you're ready for a new episode. Last year, yes, a long time ago, I started a small series called "Don't say this, say that instead". The goal here was to expand your vocabulary with natural words as well as explaining to you the subtleties of all the possibilities you had. It was pretty popular, at least the statistics and the emails you sent me say so. If you don't know what I'm talking about, go check episode 36 to learn a weird French sound and episode 33 to stop saying yes all the time. In the light of all this, I've decided to do a third instalment… there might be a fourth one too, but let's not put the cart before the horse.

As the title suggests, we're going to learn what to say when somebody says "merci" to you. Because yes, there are numerous ways you can answer. Let's start, shall we?

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