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Daily wordsMots du 19 août 2026

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You're out to dinner with friends, the plates are half empty, and nobody has asked for the check yet.

Dix mots pour tous les jours, en anglais : restaurant, evening, vegetable, chocolate, temperature, favorite, comfortable, different, separate, probably. Chacun avec sa prononciation et une phrase à dire à voix haute.

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  1. 1
    restaurant/ˈrestərˌɑːnt/Se dit aussi ˈreˌstrɑːnt.nounA place you go to buy and eat a meal.Three beats in speech: res-ter-ahnt.
  2. 2
    evening/ˈiːvnɪŋ/nounThe end of the day, from late afternoon until dark.Two beats, not three: eev-ning.
  3. 3
    vegetable/ˈvedʒtəbəl/nounA plant part eaten as food, like a carrot or a bean.Three syllables, VEJ-tuh-bul. Nothing sounds between the j and the t.
  4. 4
    chocolate/ˈtʃɔːklət/nounA sweet brown food made from cocoa beans.Two syllables in normal speech, CHOK-lut. The middle 'o' is gone.
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    temperature/ˈtemprətʃər/Se dit aussi ˈtempərətʃər.nounHow hot or cold something is.No per in the middle: tem-pruh-cher.
  6. 6
    favorite/ˈfeɪvərɪt/Se dit aussi ˈfeɪvrət.adjectiveLiked more than all the others.
  7. 7
    comfortable/ˈkʌmfərtəbəl/adjectiveEasy on the body, with nothing sore or pinching.Stress on the first syllable and everything after it goes flat. The 'fort' part sounds like 'fert'.
  8. 8
    different/ˈdɪfərənt/Se dit aussi ˈdɪfrənt.adjectiveNot the same as something else.
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    separate/ˈsepərˌeɪt/Se dit aussi ˈsepərɪt ou ˈseprət.verbTo split something into parts.As a verb the ending is a full ate sound, unlike the flat adjective.
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    probably/ˈprɑːbəˌbliː/Se dit aussi ˈprɑːbli.adverbVery likely, though not for certain.

Les phrases

  1. 1

    This restaurant is still my favorite one downtown.

  2. 2

    Thanks for such a lovely evening, everyone.

  3. 3

    Did anyone else try the vegetable side dish?

  4. 4

    Should we share the chocolate cake for dessert?

  5. 5

    My soup arrived at a really odd temperature.

  6. 6

    What's your favorite thing on this menu?

  7. 7

    These chairs are more comfortable than I expected.

  8. 8

    Yours tastes completely different from mine.

  9. 9

    Could you separate the check for us, please?

  10. 10

    I'll probably regret ordering that second plate.