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All about the French sentence "Et alors"

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Translation in English

Pronunciation

Slow pronunciation

Normal pronunciation

Example in a story with translation

Now, let’s see a complete example of this idiom in a story with slow French audio and the English translation below.

Avoir une promotion

Get a promotion

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Rémi rentre chez lui après le travail…

Rémi comes home after work…

Karine: Coucou chéri, tu m’as manqué ! J’ai cuisiné ton plat préféré !

Hi honey, I missed you! I cooked your favorite dish!

Rémi: D’accord, merci…

Alright, thank you…

Karine: Tu vas bien ? Tu as l’air triste.

Are you okay? You look sad.

Rémi: Je ne suis pas triste, juste un peu déçu.

I’m not sad, just a little disappointed.

Karine: Pourquoi ? Quelque chose s’est passé au travail ?

Why? Did something happen at work?

Rémi: Oui. Tu te souviens que je devais avoir une promotion ?

Yes. Do you remember I was supposed to be promoted?

Karine: Oui.

Yes.