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Les Étapes de la Vie — 5 French phrases in 20 seconds
French life stages vocabulary · 5 phrases
A 20-second drill built from our Les Étapes de la Vie chart.
🎬 Watch: 5 phrases from « Les Étapes de la Vie »
🎧 Narrated by a native French speaker · every line read aloud
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🎬 About this short
A 20-second drill on « Les Étapes de la Vie » (French life stages vocabulary): five real phrases, three seconds to guess, then the meaning. Every phrase comes straight from our Les Étapes de la Vie vocabulary chart — open it for the full word list, audio on each line, and a practice quiz.
🔊 The five phrases
Elle a grandi à Paris.She grew up in Paris.
Ils se sont mariés à trente ans.They got married at thirty.
Mon grand-père est à la retraite.My grandfather is retired.
Avec l’âge, on devient plus sage.With age, you become wiser.
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