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truc — French Word of the Day in 20 seconds

🎬 Watch: « truc » in 20 seconds

🎧 Narrated by a native French speaker · every line read aloud

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🎬 About this short

A 20-second drill on « truc » (n.m. [tʁyk] — thing, whatsit — the word for anything you can't quite name): guess the meaning, then hear it in two real sentences. The full word-of-the-day page adds audio, related words and more examples.

🔊 The example sentences

C'est quoi, ce truc sur la table ?What's that thing on the table?
J'ai encore un truc à régler avant de partir.I still have one thing to sort out before leaving.
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