The French sentence "Je m'ennuie" explained

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Example in a story with translation

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Comment ne jamais s'ennuyer
How to never to be bored
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Alice:   Salut Jacques ! Tu fais quoi ?
Hi Jacques! What are you doing?
Jacques:   Je cherche mes écouteurs. Pourquoi ?
I’m looking for my headphones. Why?
Alice:   Rien. C’est que… je m’ennuie. Je ne sais pas quoi faire.
Nothing. Is that… I’m bored. I don’t know what to do.
Jacques:   Comment c’est possible de s’ennuyer ?
How is it possible to be bored?
Alice:   J’ai fini à peu près tout ce que j’avais à faire.
I finished pretty much everything I had to do.
Jacques:   De nos jours, il y a tellement de façons de se divertir.
Nowadays, there are so many ways to be entertained.
Alice:   Comme quoi ? La télé ? Instagram ?
Like what? TV? Instagram?
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