
Un ancien ami
A former friend
- Reading time
- 4 min
- Total words
- 569
- Unique words
- 214
- Avg frequency
- #213
Story
Au , Mathieu . "," - Clara. "C' ." Clara l'. . " ? ' ," -.
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Mathieu laughs. " doesn' mean old friend. It means friend from before. We were friends, and then we weren' anymore." Clara finally understands. "! friend, not -standing friend."
"C' ," Mathieu. " ' ', . , c' . ." Clara .
" ?" Clara. " '- ?" Mathieu l' . "C' vieille ," -. " . . , , ."
" ," Mathieu. " , l' . ment, ' ." Clara . Mathieu, l'.
l' . "Mathieu ?" -. "C' ?" sourit. Mathieu '. : ", Paul. ."
Paul , , Mathieu. Mathieu , . Clara : ' , c' .
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Comprehension drill
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Quick multiple choice on the story. Same questions appear as open-ended prompts on the printable worksheet.
Que veut dire Mathieu par "un ancien ami" ?
What does Mathieu mean by "un ancien ami"?
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47-word session
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Words in this story
| # | Word |
|---|---|
| 1 | êtreto be |
| 25 | toutall, every, quite, everything |
| 27 | direto say, to tell |
| 31 | vouloirto want |
| 45 | voirto see |
| 55 | venirto come |
| 56 | quelquesome, a few, a little |
| 57 | bongood, right, okay (adjective and interjection) |
| 71 | penserto think |
| 72 | parlerto speak, to talk |
| 78 | croireto believe, to think |
| 79 | aimerto love, to like |
| 85 | mêmesame, even, self |
| 86 | vraimentreally, truly |
| 97 | tempstime, weather |
| 104 | hommeman, human being |
| 106 | regarderto look at, to watch |
| 110 | partirto leave, to go |
| 113 | foistime, occasion |
| 119 | jourday, daylight |
| 121 | comprendreto understand |
| 130 | avantbefore, in front |
| 147 | amifriend |
| 149 | depuissince, for (duration from past) |
| 173 | resterto stay, to remain |
| 178 | finirto finish, to end |
| 179 | passépast, passed (adj/noun) |
| 184 | momentmoment, time |
| 199 | travaillerto work |
| 206 | idéeidea |
| 214 | demanderto ask, to request |
| 228 | vieuxold (masculine) |
| 229 | partshare, part; aside |
| 243 | histoirestory, history |
| 250 | changerto change |
| 284 | jeuneyoung |
| 284 | jeuneyoung |
| 293 | longtempsa long time, long |
| 339 | enfinfinally, at last, well |
| 344 | bureauoffice, desk |
| 387 | mentirto lie, to tell a lie |
| 482 | bizarrestrange, weird, bizarre |
| 522 | rireto laugh |
| 525 | cafécoffee; cafe |
| 596 | ancienold, former, ancient |
| 675 | tabletable |
| 1048 | souriresmile, to smile |