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The French sentence "Tu es ma raison d'être" explained

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Translation in English

Audio pronunciation

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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.

Instants mielleux

Cheesy moments

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Karine: Oh, quel gâteau délicieux !

Oh, what a delicious cake!

Rémi: Tu trouves tous les gâteaux délicieux…

You find all the cakes delicious…

Karine: Absolument ! Les gâteaux c’est la vie !

Absolutely! Cakes are life!

Rémi: Et malgré ça, tu restes mince.

And despite that, you stay fit.

Karine: Merci. Honnêtement, c’est beaucoup de travail…

Thank you. Honestly, it’s a lot of work…

Rémi: Je sais bien…

I know…

Karine: Et c’est vraiment dur, car je pourrais mourir pour des gâteaux.

And it’s really hard, because I could die for cakes.

Rémi: Vraiment ? Pour des gâteaux ?

Really? For cakes?

Karine: Ouais.

Yeah.

Rémi: Et moi dans tout ça ?

What about me?

Karine: Quoi ?

What?