The French Experience - Looking good
Plaire et Séduire
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Describing people
Being able to use adjectives to describe somebody's physical appearance and personality.
Making a date
How to make and amend arrangements for going out and how to talk informally on the phone when making suggestions for going out.
Fashion designer
The passion of fashion designer Chantal Thomass and the materials used when creating seductive clothes, which are made to make women feel good, powerful and free.
Perfume industry
A description of how perfume can be seductive and how the best ones are created by researching thoroughly what will make women feel good and seductive.
- FrançaisEnglish
- Il est grand, Elle est grandeHe's tall, She's tall
- aux yeux griswith grey eyes
- avec un beau sourirewith a nice smile
- Il a de l'humourHe has a sense of humour
- Il me fait rireHe makes me laugh
- de mon âgeof my age
- blond, blondeblonde
- fort, fortestrong
- bronzé, bronzéetanned
- brun, brunedark-haired
- châtainbrown (hair)
- mignon, mignonnecute, good-looking
- beau, bellehandsome, beautiful
- sérieux, sérieuseserious
- courageux, courageusebrave
- gentil, gentillenice, friendly
- sympa(short for 'sympathique') nice, friendly
- jeuneyoung
- le marihusband
- le culbehind, bottom
- le tour de poitrinebust size, chest size
- la peau matedark skin
- les yeux marronbrown eyes
- les cheveux mi-longsmid-length hair
- les seinsbreasts (m)
- décrireto describe
- FrançaisEnglish
- une fêtea festival/party
- un carnavala carnival
- d'accordOK
- Qu'est-ce que tu fais demain soir ?What are you doing tomorrow evening?
- Rien de spécialNothing special
- Je voudrais aller...I'd like to go...
- Tu veux venir ?Do you want to come?
- Je veux bienI'd like to/that
- Tu me tiens au courant ?Can you keep me posted?
- prendre des billetsto get some tickets
- ça peut être très sympait can be lots of fun
- pourquoi paswhy not
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