PHRASES
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Il fait un froid de C. A. N. A. R. D.
→ “It's freezing cold!”
Il fait — makes / shows → here: 'to be' in weather expressions; present tense, 3rd-p. singular of faire
un froid — a cold (n.)
de — of
C. — C. (abbreviation for Canard)
A. — A. (abbreviation for Canard)
N. — N. (abbreviation for Canard)
A. — A. (abbreviation for Canard)
R. — R. (abbreviation for Canard)
D. — D. (abbreviation for Canard)
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C'est comme un froid de canard, sauf qu'on se l'épèle.
→ “It's like a duck-cold, except we spell it out.”
C' — it (contraction of 'Ce' before vowel sound)
est — is → present tense, 3rd-p. singular of être; used as copula to describe state/condition
comme — like
un froid — a cold (n.)
de — of
canard — duck (n.)
sauf — except
qu' — that (contraction of 'que' before vowel sound)
on — we / one (indefinite pronoun)
se — oneself (reflexive pronoun)
l'épèle — spell (v.) → present tense, 3rd-p. singular of épeler; reflexive verb meaning 'to spell something out'
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Je m'en vais boire de la javel.
→ “I'm off to drink bleach.”
Je — I (subject pronoun)
m'en — away from it (pronominal adverb: 'en' replaces 'de + noun'; combined with reflexive 'me' to form 's'en aller') → colloquial contraction for 's'en aller' (to leave/go away)
vais — go → present tense, 1st-p. singular of aller; used here in near-future construction with infinitive
boire — to drink (infinitive verb)
de — of
la javel — bleach (n.)
