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Fuir in French — 5 phrases in 20 seconds
to flee · 5 phrases
A 20-second drill built from our Fuir chart.
🎬 Watch: 5 phrases with the verb « fuir »
🎧 Narrated by a native French speaker · every line read aloud
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🎬 About this short
A 20-second drill on the verb « fuir » (to flee): five real phrases, three seconds to guess, then the meaning. Every phrase comes straight from our Fuir conjugation chart — open it for every tense, audio on each form, and a practice quiz.
🔊 The five phrases
Les habitants ont fui la ville.The inhabitants fled the city.
Le temps fuit.Time flies / slips away.
Le robinet fuit.The tap is leaking.
Il fuit ses responsabilités.He runs away from his responsibilities.
Ils ont fui devant le danger.They fled from the danger.
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