PHRASES
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-Mais... C'est quoi ce bordel dehors???
→ “-But... What the hell is this outside???”
-Mais — but → discourse marker for contrast
C'est — it is → contraction of 'ce' + 'est'
quoi — what → interrogative pronoun
ce — this → demonstrative adjective
bordel — mess / hell → informal noun for chaos/disorder
dehors — outside → adverb of place
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-Ben, tu m'as dit que tu voulais des palettes dans ta vie.
→ “-Well, you told me you wanted pallets in your life.”
-Ben — well → colloquial filler word
tu — you (informal singular) → subject pronoun
m'as — have (auxiliary) → contraction of 'me' + 'as', present perfect tense of 'dire'
dit — said → past participle of 'dire' (to say)
que — that → subordinating conjunction
tu — you (informal singular) → subject pronoun
voulais — wanted → imperfect tense of 'vouloir' (to want)
des palettes — pallets → plural noun referring to wooden platforms
dans — in → preposition indicating location
ta — your → possessive adjective agreeing with 'vie'
vie — life → singular noun
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-DES PAILLETTES, KEVIN, DES PAILLETTES!!!
→ “-GLITTERS, KEVIN, GLITTERS!!!”
-DES PAILLETTES — glitter → plural noun; key homophone of 'palettes'
KEVIN — Kevin → proper noun (name)
DES PAILLETTES — glitter → repeated for emphasis; same as first instance
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-Pfff, t'es jamais contente!
→ “-Pfff, you're never happy!”
-Pfff — pfff → onomatopoeia expressing annoyance or dismissal
t'es — are (you are) → contraction of 'tu' + 'es', present tense of 'être'
jamais — never → adverb of frequency
contente — happy → feminine form of adjective agreeing with implied 'tu'
