Trop, chaud, grave and other cool words

<p>In this episode, Gaelle takes the opportunity of the astonishing robbery in the Louvre museum in October 2025 to talk about the Louvre itself and explore its rich and long life as a royal palace. But because talking about the Louvre without talking about its treasures wouldn’t ... Show More

In this episode, Gaelle talks about a quite unique building in Paris: the Great Mosque. Located in the quartier Latin, next to Jardin des Plantes et la Sorbonne, you can easily go and visit it and discover this architectural jewel. But why is there such an old and beautiful mosqu ... Show More

In this episode, Gaelle talks about the quite unique (and short) French legal working hours, and why holidays tend to be longer in France. The French will casually say “no, I’m not working today, I took a RTT”. But what on Earth is that? Well, come and listen to this episode to f ... Show More

<p>Guys, it's time for the truth! Are you guilty of answering "comme ci comme ca" when somebody asks you how you are? I have no idea where it comes from, maybe from a song but when I was teaching in schools, students sometimes answered with this phrase. Frankly, I don't know anyb ... Show More

<p>Right now it's summer, and it's <strong>hot as blazes! </strong>(= the weather is extremely hot). This inspired me to teach you <a href= "https://www.espressoenglish.net/15-hot-english-words-and-expressions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.go ... Show More

<p>There's a topic that I haven't really delved into and that is completely overlooked in this podcast. People may think that for a podcast whose claim is to teach you real spoken French, it's a bit strange that I haven't talked about that sooner. Frankly, I don't think today's t ... Show More

<p>In today's wicked (UK) podcast, Ethan and Andrea talk all about slang words that you need to know. The reason why slang is so important is because it helps you understand what people are talking about, whether in TV, songs, or when you converse with a native. Ethan also shares ... Show More

In this episode, you get to practise the small but not so innocent word &apos;er&apos;. It&apos;s used in many different ways in Dutch, which puzzles most learners.  Here, you get to listen to a dialogue riddled with &apos;er&apos;, with time for you to translate and/or repeat, d ... Show More

Welcome to the 10th and final episode of the Coffee Break French Show! We're rounding off this series by exploring two phrases that French learners often mix up - à cause de and grâce à (both translated as: "because of" in English). Join us for this episode as we discuss the subt ... Show More

<p>In this episode, I go a bit in depth about how you can use this common phrasal verb, what it means, past, present, future usage and more.&nbsp;</p> 

In this episode, we conjugate the verb to be and we learn a few more words to enhance our vocabulary. Attention to "vowel harmony" :) 

Find the full transcript at  https://enbooo.com/.  Here are the five expressions you&apos;ll learn how to use in this episode: slowly but surely, you win some, you lose some, go in circles, come a long way, sooner or later! Listen to the story and discover how YOU can use them! 

<p>In this episode, we're going to talk about the intricacies of the pronouns "tu" and "vous". Today's title is a bit misleading and I'm sorry about that. My intent isn't really to have a definite guide of the different uses of these pronouns, instead I would like to go deeper in ... Show More