Le bureau de Lucie
- Reading time
- 4 min
- Total words
- 501
- Unique words
- 197
- Avg frequency
- #403
Story
, Clara Lucie . . "," Lucie. " ."
This morning, Clara and Lucie arrive at their new office. There are two desks and lots of files. "Right," says Lucie. "We need to know what's yours and what's mine."
Lucie . "-, c' ," -. . " -, c' Clara." Clara .
Lucie picks up a file. "That one is mine," she says. She picks up another. "And that one is Clara's." Clara puts her file on her desk.
" ?" Clara. " tien ?" Lucie . " ' . ." Clara : Marc. " ' tien ," Clara.
"And this bag?" asks Clara. "Yours or mine?" Lucie laughs. "It isn't mine. Look at the name." Clara looks: the bag is Marc's. "So it's neither yours nor mine," says Clara.
, pareilles. "Laquelle ?" Lucie. . . Clara , .
On the table, there are two identical keys. "Which one is mine?" asks Lucie. Nobody knows. The two keys are the same. Clara looks at them for a long time, but she cannot see the difference.
Clara vieille . , , vieilles . " , c' tien ?" --. "," Lucie. " . -, c' Mathieu."
Clara picks up an old box. In the box, there are papers, a book and old things. "This book, is it yours?" she asks. "No," says Lucie. "Mine is bigger. That one is Mathieu's."
" ," Lucie. " ." Clara . Lucie sien siens. , tous .
"We always forget whose things are whose," says Lucie. "So we'll write the names down." Clara writes her name on her files. Lucie writes hers on hers. Now all the files have a name.
, . "," Lucie, heureuse. " tien, -, c' . , Marc." Clara . ", ."
In the end, everything is in its place. "There," says Lucie, happy. "This desk is yours, and that one is mine. The bag, we give back to Marc." Clara laughs. "At last, we know what belongs to whom."
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Words in this story
| # | Word |
|---|---|
| 14 | êtreto be |
| 19 | direto say, to tell |
| 20 | allerto go |
| 44 | toutall, every, quite, everything |
| 89 | chosething |
| 90 | bongood, right, okay (adjective and interjection) |
| 100 | voirto see |
| 101 | mêmesame, even, self |
| 104 | maintenantnow |
| 107 | deuxtwo |
| 112 | autreother, another |
| 117 | toujoursalways, still |
| 140 | personneperson; nobody (with ne) |
| 165 | beaucoupa lot, much, many |
| 190 | prendreto take |
| 194 | savoirto know (facts, how to) |
| 198 | nomname, noun |
| 262 | grandbig, tall, great |
| 290 | nouveaunew |
| 320 | mettreto put, to place |
| 328 | longtempsa long time, long |
| 332 | placeplace, square, seat |
| 342 | affairematter, affair, case |
| 366 | vieuxold (masculine) |
| 367 | matinmorning |
| 373 | papierpaper |
| 377 | enfinfinally, at last, well |
| 396 | finend, finish |
| 406 | bureauoffice, desk |
| 411 | demanderto ask, to request |
| 412 | celuithis one, that one, the one (masculine) |
| 448 | arriverto arrive, to happen |
| 510 | regarderto look at, to watch |
| 524 | heureuxhappy |
| 540 | rendreto give back, to make, to render |
| 548 | devoirto have to, must; duty |
| 568 | oublierto forget |
| 649 | écrireto write |
| 650 | livrebook; pound (currency) |
| 710 | sacbag |
| 801 | tabletable |
| 867 | pareilthe same, similar, such |
| 934 | boîtebox; nightclub (slang) |
| 965 | dossierfile, folder, case |
| 996 | clékey |
| 1022 | rireto laugh |
| 1426 | différencedifference |