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This clip is from Balades Episode 3. Listen and fill in what you hear below. Read more and find a translation below. Find the full podcast here.
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but I don’t mind
I had to choose this expression. I’m not sure how common it is, or at least how common it is translated like this. But there seem to be a number of examples.
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The Balades podcast continues to be one of the best options for beginners learning French. I love it for myself, at A1-A2 level of French. Hopefully you’re enjoying these clips too. Even when there’s a fast clip, it’s still manageable. The right amount of challenge. What do you think? Join us for the next quiz.
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Sa voisine lui répond : « Ah, c’est bon la soupe au pistou, mais ça prend du temps. En plus, mon mari, il, il n’aime pas ça. Mais ça m’est égal, j’en fais quand-même de temps en temps et si ça ne lui plaît pas, il peut manger ailleurs. »
Her neighbor answers: “Ah, it’s good the soup with pistou, but it takes time. Besides, my husband, he, he doesn’t like it. But I don’t care, I still make it from time to time and if he doesn’t like it, he can eat elsewhere.”
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Mais ça m’est égal
quand-même
ailleurs
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