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Improve your French pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary by listening to this French Poem: L'Albatros (The Albatross) in Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil) by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867).
The video includes the French transcript of the poem, a literal English translation, grammar and vocabulary notes.
Vocabulaire -- Vocabulary
La mer -- The sea
l'océan un équipage (d'avion, de bâteau) -- the ocean a crew (of a plane, of a boat)
un navire -- a ship
un bâteau -- a boat
Les oiseaux -- The birds
une aile -- a wing
une plume -- a feather
un bec -- a beak
voler -- to fly
Grammaire -- Grammar
À peine ... (adv) -- scarcely, barely, just
C'était à peine il y a 2 jours. -- It was just/only 2 days ago.
Peine (n) -- sanction; effort/trouble; sorrow
La peine de mort -- The death sentence
Ça vaut la peine. -- It is worth the effort.
Il a de la peine à le voir partir. -- He is sad to see him go.
Peiner (vb) -- to have trouble; to sadden
Il peine à comprendre. -- He has trouble understanding.
Cela m'a beaucoup peiné. -- It saddened me a lot.
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