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The French sentence "C'est mieux que rien"

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Example in a story with English translation

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La liste des courses

The shopping list

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Emily demanda à Philippe de faire des courses pour le dîner.

Emily asked Philippe to run some errands for dinner.

Et même s’il avait beaucoup de choses à faire, il promit à Emily qu’il n’oublierait pas.

And even if he had a lot of things to do, he promised Emily that he would not forget.

Alors elle lui dit la liste des produits à acheter.

Then she told him the list of products to buy.

Elle lui recommanda de l’écrire quelque part pour ne rien oublier.

She recommended him to write it down somewhere to not forget anything.

Emily: Écris ça quelque part, sinon tu vas oublier…

Write it down somewhere, otherwise you will forget…