`Making conversation and plans: phrases

Question 1

we are here visiting

Answer 1

nous sommes ici en visite

Question 2

I’ve heard talk of you [vous]

Answer 2

j’ai entendu parler de vous

Question 3

It just so happened I wanted to meet you

Answer 3

j’avais justement envie de la rencontre

Question 4

I was joking

Answer 4

je plaisantais

Question 5

I understand that people [one] think that…

Answer 5

je comprends qu’on pense que…

Question 6

it’s true that….

Answer 6

c’est vrai que…

Question 7

that’s right/exactly

Answer 7

exactement

Question 8

and yet

Answer 8

et pourtant…

Question 9

would it bother you if we used the familiar?

Answer 9

cela vous dérangerait si on se tutoyait?

Question 10

I like the city well

Answer 10

j’aime bien la ville

Question 11

what do you like in the US?

Answer 11

qu’est-ce qui te plaît aux états-unis?

Question 12

would it bother you (tu/vous)

Answer 12

cela te/vous dérangerait?

Question 13

tell me/say

Answer 13

dis

dis-moi

Question 14

what do you like…

Answer 14

qu’est-ce qui te/vous plait?

Question 15

that’s enough

Answer 15

ça/cela me suffit

Question 16

is part of

Answer 16

faire partie de…

Question 17

we have to/ one must/ it’s necessary

Answer 17

il le faut…

Question 18

and on top of that [emphatic]

Answer 18

et puis

Question 19

I don’t mind

Answer 19

je veux bien

Question 20

how can it…? how is it…?

Answer 20

comment se fait-il que…?

Question 21

let’s go elsewhere!

Answer 21

allons ailleurs!

Question 22

too many people

Answer 22

trop de monde

Question 23

what are you doing? (tu)

Answer 23

qu’est-ce que tu fais?

Question 24

enjoying/profiting from

Answer 24

profite de…

Question 25

he takes advantage of it

Answer 25

il en profite

Question 26

of course

Answer 26

mais oui!

Question 27

too bad!/shame!

Answer 27

dommage!

Question 28

of course not, let’s see! [emphatic]

Answer 28

mais non, voyons

Question 29

it interests me a lot

Answer 29

ça m’intéresse beaucoup

Question 30

[not] all the time

Answer 30

[pas] tout le temps

Question 31

gladly

Answer 31

volontiers

Question 32

tell me what it’s about

Answer 32

dis-moi de quoi il s’agit

Question 33

we’ll see

Answer 33

on verra [bien]

Question 34

what is its topic?

Answer 34

quel en est le sujet

Question 35

do you [tu] want to pick me up?

Answer 35

tu veux me chercher?

Question 36

doyou [tu] want to meet me?

Answer 36

tu veux me rejoindre?

Question 37

I’ll be there

Answer 37

j’y serai

Question 38

anywhere

Answer 38

n’importe où

Question 39

any time

Answer 39

n’importe quand

Question 40

we’ll be there

Answer 40

nous y serons

Question 41

go!

Answer 41

va!

Question 42

let’s say it! [nous

Answer 42

disons-le