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

Curriculum
47 words
#Word
14êtreto be
19direto say, to tell
20allerto go
44toutall, every, quite, everything
89chosething
90bongood, right, okay (adjective and interjection)
100voirto see
101mêmesame, even, self
104maintenantnow
107deuxtwo
112autreother, another
117toujoursalways, still
140personneperson; nobody (with ne)
165beaucoupa lot, much, many
190prendreto take
194savoirto know (facts, how to)
198nomname, noun
262grandbig, tall, great
290nouveaunew
320mettreto put, to place
328longtempsa long time, long
332placeplace, square, seat
342affairematter, affair, case
366vieuxold (masculine)
367matinmorning
373papierpaper
377enfinfinally, at last, well
396finend, finish
406bureauoffice, desk
411demanderto ask, to request
412celuithis one, that one, the one (masculine)
448arriverto arrive, to happen
510regarderto look at, to watch
524heureuxhappy
540rendreto give back, to make, to render
548devoirto have to, must; duty
568oublierto forget
649écrireto write
650livrebook; pound (currency)
710sacbag
801tabletable
867pareilthe same, similar, such
934boîtebox; nightclub (slang)
965dossierfile, folder, case
996clékey
1022rireto laugh
1426différencedifference