Un soir avec Marc
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Un soir avec Marc

Reading time
1 min
Total words
331
Unique words
126
Avg frequency
#73

Story

", Hélène! C' Marc."

"Hi, Hélène! It' Marc."

Hélène . Marc! C' Marc! Marc . , .

Hélène does not know what to say. Marc! It is really Marc! She has not spoken to Marc for two years. And now, he is there.

"Marc? C' ?" ", c' . ?" ", . , Marc? , ?"

"Marc? Is it really you?" "Yes, it is me. Are you well?" "Yes, well. But why now, Marc? Why now, after two years?"

" . . . , ." " ? ... ?" " c' . , ."

"Because I am here. At our place. I have to see you. Tonight, at yours." "Tonight? But... why tonight?" "Because it is just for one evening. After that, I am not here anymore."

Hélène . Marc. , . C' . c' Marc.

Hélène does not know what to say. Two years without Marc. And now, just one evening. It is very little. But it is Marc.

"', Marc. , ." ", Hélène. ." Marc . .

"All right, Marc. Tonight, at my ." "Thank , Hélène. Really thank ." Marc says nothing more. Neither does she.

Hélène . Marc, . , . c' . : , Marc. c' .

Hélène says nothing. Marc, after two years. Tonight, at her place. She does not know if it is good or bad. But she knows one thing: tonight, she sees Marc. And that is all.

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Words in this story

52 words
#Word
2jeI
4una, an (masculine)
9etand
9tuyou (informal singular)
11quethat, which, what
12àto, at, in
12pasnot (in ne...pas negation)
13ouiyes
14êtreto be
14ilhe, it (masculine)
16nenot (first part of negation)
19direto say, to tell
20allerto go
24cethis, that, it (demonstrative)
26pourfor, in order to
31maisbut
33nouswe, us
34elleshe, her, it (feminine)
36bienwell, good, very
37siif; so (intensifier); yes (contradicting a negative statement)
41nonno, not
44toutall, every, quite, everything
45plusmore; no more (in negation ne...plus)
48teyou, to you, yourself (second-person singular object pronoun)
51moime, I (stressed tonic first-person pronoun)
60quoiwhat (interrogative and emphatic)
66icihere
68toiyou (stressed tonic second-person singular pronoun)
74pourquoiwhy
75where, in which (interrogative and relative adverb)
76riennothing, not anything
89chosething
92mercithank you, thanks
93justejust, only, right, fair, correct
94trèsvery
99vraimentreally, truly
100voirto see
104maintenantnow
107deuxtwo
113peulittle, few, not much
123accordagreement, ok
124falloirto be necessary, must, to need
132sanswithout
135parcebecause (part of parce que)
139parlerto speak, to talk
144aprèsafter, afterwards
161malpain, evil, badly
162chezat (someone's place), among
164depuissince, for (duration from past)
188soirevening, night