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Le français des régions, part I
French in France
French Listening Comprehension
Study Guide

Take a look at the following for help with any vocabulary you might not have understood in Le français des régions - French in France, then take the test.

s'appauvrir to become impoverished
autrefois formerly
à beaucoup d'égards in many respects
dépouiller to go through, peruse, study in detail
dégager to free, extricate, bring out, separate
une enquête survey, inquiry
étioler to decline
faner to fade
lancer to launch, start
un mot grossier dirty/crude word
à travers throughout
en valoir la chandelle to be worth it (lit., to be worth the candle)
végéter to vegetate, stagnate
vivant living, alive

  

Le français des régions part I
French in France

French Listening Comprehension Exercise
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