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Tune Up

French

SECOND EDITION

Natalie Schorr

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Contents

Acknowledgments v

Introduction vii

The Zazie Effect 1

Quick Fixes 9

Tune-Up 1: Nonverbal Cues, Sound Effects,

and Interjections

Make the Most of Body Language and Simple Expressions

Tune-Up 2: Manners

If the French Think You’re Rude and You Think

They’re Rude, Be Polite the French Way

Tune-Up 3: Idioms to Go

Get Extra Mileage from Your French by Using Everyday

Idioms That Are Both Easy and Authentic

Tune-Up 4: Practical French

Master the Key Phrases That Go with Speciﬁc Situations

Tune-Up 5: Table Talk

Learn French While Eating and Drinking the French Way,

the World’s Most Enjoyable Way of Learning by Doing

iii

Contents

Tune-Up 6: Conversation Starters

123

Ask the Questions That Will Make the French

Want to Talk with You

Tune-Up 7: Slang and Other Kinds of French

141

Find the French That’s Right for You

Tune-Up 8: Attitude

163

Use French Images to See Life the French Way

Tune-Up 9: Wit

187

Play with Language the French Way

Tune-Up 10: Improvisation

201

Build on Famous French Quotations to Create

Your Own Expressions

Appendix A: Ten Tricks and Tr u c s 219

Appendix B: Idioms and Variations 239

Answer Key 243

Index of Top Ten Lists 255

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