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| Introduction | |
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| About This Book | |
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| Conventions Used in This Book | |
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| Foolish Assumptions | |
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| How This Book Is Organized | |
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| Icons Used in This Book | |
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| Where to Go from Here | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| You Already Know a Little French | |
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| The French You Know | |
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| Friendly allies - bons allies (bohN-zah-lyay) | |
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| Kissing cousins | |
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| False friends - faux amis | |
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| Idioms and Popular Expressions | |
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| Mouthing Off: Basic Pronunciation | |
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| The French alphabet | |
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| Vowel sounds | |
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| The accent | |
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| The mute e | |
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| The nasal sounds | |
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| Consonants | |
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| The liaison | |
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| The elision | |
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| Stress | |
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| Using Gestures | |
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| The Nitty Gritty: Basic French Grammar | |
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| Simple Sentence Construction | |
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| Nouns | |
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| Adjectives | |
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| Verbs | |
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| Adverbs | |
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| Things That Are Easier in French | |
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| Regular and Irregular verbs | |
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| Regular verbs | |
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| Irregular verbs | |
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| The Simple Tenses: Past, Present, and Future | |
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| The Gender Question | |
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| It's "You" You Know: The Tu/Vous Issue | |
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| Numbers | |
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| Bonjour! Hello! Greetings and Introductions | |
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| Saying Hello and Good-Bye | |
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| Getting Formal or Informal | |
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| Asking "How are you?" | |
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| Replying to "How are you?" | |
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| Introducing Yourself and Others | |
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| Being There: Etre (To Be) | |
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| Describing Cities | |
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| Speaking the Language | |
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| French in Action | |
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| Getting to Know You: Making Small Talk | |
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| Asking Key Questions | |
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| Posing Simple Questions | |
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| Chatting about the Family | |
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| Making Small Talk on the Job | |
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| Going to Town with the Verb Aller | |
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| Talking about the Weather | |
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| Doing the Numbers | |
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| Talking about Where You Live | |
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| Bon Appetit! Dining Out and Going to the Market | |
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| All About Meals | |
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| The meals | |
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| Eating at home: Setting the table | |
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| Going Out to a Restaurant | |
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| Perusing the menu | |
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| Talking with the waiter | |
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| Understanding what's on the menu | |
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| Eating and drinking | |
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| Finishing the meal | |
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| Finding the restrooms | |
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| An Article on Articles | |
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| Buying Food at the Market | |
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| Talking about weights and measures | |
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| Making comparisons | |
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| Getting to know a few useful verbs for the market | |
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| Going to the Supermarket and the Food Stores | |
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| Shopping Made Easy | |
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| Going to Stores | |
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| Just browsing | |
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| Getting around the store | |
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| Getting assistance | |
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| Shopping for Clothes | |
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| Finding the right fit | |
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| Clothing materials | |
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| Getting dressed | |
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| Using Superlatives | |
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| When the adjective precedes the noun | |
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| When the adjective follows the noun | |
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| Going Out on the Town | |
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| Telling Time in French | |
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| Visiting Museums | |
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| Going to the Theater | |
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| Going to the Movies | |
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| Going to a Concert | |
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| Going to a Nightclub | |
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| Enjoying Yourself: Recreation | |
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| Playing Sports | |
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| Going Skiing | |
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| Going to the Beach | |
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| Setting Up Camp | |
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| Talking on the Phone | |
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| Making a Phone Call | |
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| Leaving a Message | |
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| Livin' in the past: Using the past tense | |
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| Using the past tense with etre | |
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| At the Office and around the House | |
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| Making an Appointment | |
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| Business hours | |
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| Lunch hour | |
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| Business around the holidays | |
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| Conducting Business | |
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| Using the Internet | |
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| Visiting a Private Home | |
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| French on the Go | |
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| Money, Money, Money | |
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| At the Bank | |
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| Entering a bank | |
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| Cashing checks and checking your cash | |
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| Staying Current with French Currency | |
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| The franc (Le franc) (luh frahN) | |
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| French money (L'argent francais) (lahr-zhahN frahN-seh) | |
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| Using Credit Cards and ATMs | |
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| Using your credit card at an ATM | |
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| Getting to know ATM language | |
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| Currency Wisdom | |
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| Where Is the Louvre? Asking Directions | |
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| Asking "Where" Questions | |
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| Answering "Where" Questions | |
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| Getting Direction about Directions | |
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| Using commands | |
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| Expressing distances (time and space) | |
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| Discovering ordinal numbers | |
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| Going north, south, east, and west | |
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| Asking Questions When You're Lost | |
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| It's Necessary to Know about "Il Faut" | |
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| Staying at a Hotel | |
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| Arriving at the Hotel | |
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| Asking inverted questions | |
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| Losing your objection to object pronouns | |
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| Checking In to a Hotel | |
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| Checking Out of a Hotel | |
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| Transportation | |
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| Getting Through the Airport | |
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| Leaving the Airport: Finding a Taxi | |
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| Getting a Taxi | |
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| Getting Around in Major Cities | |
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| Buying a Train Ticket | |
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| Taking the Bus | |
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| Taking the Subway | |
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| Renting a Car | |
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| Getting Gas | |
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| Travel Abroad | |
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| Where Do You Want to Go? | |
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| Passports and Visas | |
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| Buying Tickets | |
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| Getting Your Dates Straight | |
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| Specific dates | |
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| Less specific dates | |
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| Timing phrases | |
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| Choosing Accommodations | |
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| Packing Your Suitcases | |
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| Handling Emergencies | |
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| Getting Medical Help | |
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| Talking with Doctors | |
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| Getting Legal Help | |
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| Accidents | |
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| Robbery, theft, aggression | |
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| The Part of Tens | |
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| Ten Ways to Pick Up French Quickly | |
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| Look stuff up in the dictionary | |
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| Write shopping lists | |
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| Celebrate French day! | |
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| Use language tapes | |
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| Listen to French music | |
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| Try a CD | |
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| Watch French movies | |
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| Read French publications | |
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| Surf the 'Net | |
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| Chat | |
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| Ten Things Never to Say | |
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| Ten Favorite French Expressions | |
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| C'est un fait accompli | |
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| Quel faux pas! | |
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| Comme il faut | |
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| Bon appetit! | |
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| Quelle horreur! | |
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| Oh la la! La catastrophe! | |
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| A toute a l'heure! | |
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| C'est la vie! | |
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| Comme ci, comme ca | |
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| C'est le ton qui fait la musique! | |
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| Ten Holidays to Remember | |
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| L'Epiphanie | |
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| La Chandeleur | |
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| Mardi gras | |
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| Le Poisson d'Avril | |
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| La Fete du Travail | |
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| L'Ascension | |
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| La Pentecote | |
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| Fete de la Musique | |
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| La Prise de la Bastille | |
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| La Sainte Catherine | |
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| Ten Phrases That Make You Sound French | |
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| Ca m'a fait tres plaisir! or C'etait genial! | |
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| Passez-moi un coup de fil! | |
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| Passez-nous un coup de fil! | |
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| Je vais vous/lui/leur passer un coup de fil | |
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| On y va! or Allons-y! | |
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| Je n'en sais rien | |
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| Mais je reve! | |
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| Quel amour de petit garcon! | |
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| Vous n'avez pas le droit | |
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| Tu cherches midi a 14h | |
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| Je veux acheter une bricole | |
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| Prenons un pot! | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Verb Tables | |
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| Mini-Dictionary | |
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| About the CD | |
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| Index | |
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| Book Registration Information | |