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French · Chapter 10 · Lesson 20 · Read a story

Story milestone: top 800 words

You can read this story using only the words you've learned so far. Every content word sits at or above the rank-800 ceiling.

Read it through once - every content word is already in your vocabulary. Finish the comprehension questions underneath and the lesson completes itself.

Core 1,000

Un voyage difficile

A difficult journey

Reading time
4 min
Total words
818
Unique words
303
Avg frequency
#146

Story

, Bernard . Marc, , . Hélène, , . Léo Sophie, , . . , . ? ' '.

", j' ' Bretagne," Marc. " Paul -. . ."

" Bretagne ? ? , Marc. , j' Rome," Hélène. "L'Italie, c' . C' . ."

Léo, , . ", j' . . ."

" ! !" Sophie. ", . Rome, c' ."

Marc . "Sophie, . Bretagne , c' . , . ."

", ! , c' Rome ! Rome !"

Hélène Marc. "Marc, -. Léo Sophie . . Bretagne, ."

Marc . . . . Léo . Sophie . Hélène . , ' . Léo.

Marc stays calm. thinks. thinks deeply. Nobody speaks. Léo plays with his phone. Sophie waits. Hélène waits too. In house, you cannot hear anything. Just Léo' phone.

"'," Marc . " Rome. Rome, Bretagne. Paul. C' , c' ."

"," says Marc finally. "We're going to Rome. before Rome, we spend three days in Brittany. We see Paul. ' my brother, it' ."

Hélène . " , . , . l' l'Italie."

Sophie . Léo . " ? , ?"

", . . , c' ."

Léo ' . ' ' . . C' .

, , Sophie Rome. Léo . Marc . Hélène l'Italie .

, . . . . Bretagne ', Rome . c' , .

Comprehension drill

8 questions on what you just read. Get one wrong and the story will show you where it says otherwise.

Open the full story page for the vocabulary table and the printable version.

Lesson 20 of 23 in this chapter

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