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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 10:20 AM
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French phrase stuck in my head, thus requiring a lounge post.
faut de mieux - roughly, "for lack of anything better."

example: "Life was just too dreadful, but he lived it faut de mieux."
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 10:24 AM
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1. .
"Parle à mon cul, ma tête est malade"
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 10:26 AM
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2. .
"Je vous aurais bien aide, mais je ne vous aime pas."
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 10:28 AM
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3. .
"J'ai une grenouille dans mon bidet!"
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 10:50 AM
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7. .
J'ai une fille dans ma soupe.
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-15-06 12:09 AM
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10. Il y a un elephant
dans le salon
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aePrime Donating Member (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:22 PM
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21. .
Il vous faut avoir un grand bol.
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 10:30 AM
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4. Comment s'est-il coincé?
Vous devriez avoir cela regardé.
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 10:33 AM
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5. "Tish........
Je l'aime quand vous parlez français."
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 10:37 AM
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6. je dois le faire davantage,
mon Français écrit est horrible!
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 11:03 AM
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8. It's still better than my English.
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-14-06 11:03 AM
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9. I win again!
;)
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Castilleja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-15-06 12:29 AM
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11. Dans de Rue de Rivoli,
and Biftek. I have a French language CD, and these were some of the things that "Sylvie" and her friend were discussing. At least, they are the only words I still remember. :D
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-15-06 06:39 AM
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12. Biftek. Wonderful word.
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Castilleja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 08:50 PM
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19. I thought it was funny.
All the lyrical words for everything else, and then.....biftek?
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Bassic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-15-06 07:36 AM
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13. That would be "faute".
Not that I want to be an ass or anything :) :hi:
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-15-06 08:42 AM
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14. Thanks for the correction.
Sorry I blew it.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-15-06 09:00 AM
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15. ménage à trois










However I will settle for a very rare delmonico.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-15-06 10:13 AM
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16. That's the spirit!
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-15-06 06:31 PM
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17. This is the spirit!
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 10:18 PM
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33. Voulez-vous vous coucher avec moi,
Edited on Sat Mar-18-06 10:19 PM by Art_from_Ark
ce soir?
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mykpart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 03:12 AM
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18. Merde se passeur.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 09:01 PM
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20. so roughly it translates into
snakes on a plane?
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 02:47 PM
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36. Serpents!
Sur un avion qui a le sexe avec sa mere!

Et il n'y a pas une fichue chose nous pouvons faites à son sujet!

(Tr: GinC. Merci, mon petit chou.)
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:30 PM
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22. Mon petit chou chou!
Edited on Fri Mar-17-06 10:32 PM by Oregonian
My little cabbage. I probably butchered the spelling like cole slaw.
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 12:45 PM
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23. plus français s'il vous plait
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aePrime Donating Member (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 01:12 PM
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24. Qui parlez-vous?
Tout le monde?
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 06:16 PM
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30. N'importe qui je suppose
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aePrime Donating Member (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 07:06 PM
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31. Ah, c'est bon, car je ne suis pas important!
:)

Mais, j'aime le français, même si je ne le parle pas bien.
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 08:09 PM
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32. Votre Francais semble tres bien a moi
mais trop directement de l'anglais
Je suis coupable aussi, cependant!
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aePrime Donating Member (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 01:03 PM
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34. Merci
Mais oui. Je pense dans l'anglais et ensuite je traduis en français.

Je voudrait parler couramment français. Je essaye apprendre!

Depuis combien de temps est-ce que vous parlez français?
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 02:36 PM
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35. j'etais 4 ou 5 ans.
Edited on Sun Mar-19-06 02:41 PM by GirlinContempt
J'ai commence apprendre le francais dans le jardin d'enfants junior.
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swimboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 01:48 PM
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25. Cela me suprendrais.
et puis je fume.
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Katherine Brengle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 01:57 PM
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26. Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?
Ce soir?

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You know, this is the kind of thing that gives us libruls a bad name--fancy pants French pansy ass bleeding heart government teat sucking wimps that we are...

Where the hell did I put my latte?
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aePrime Donating Member (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 05:40 PM
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29. Ma femme ne approuverait pas.
Ton café est là-bas.
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Katherine Brengle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 02:11 PM
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27. La vie est sans signification.
La vie est sans signification. Nous souffrons et nous sommes heureux et nous souffrons encore, la constante, invariable.. Le mieux nous pouvons espérer pour est une mort légère..
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 03:59 PM
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28. Oui, Oui.
C'est vrai.
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