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David Issokson

FrenchLearner word of the Day: Se détendre (to relax).
French lesson explaining se détendre (to relax)

Se détendre – To Relax

In today’s lesson we’ll have a look at the reflexive verb se détendre, which has several translations including “to relax”, “to unwind” and “to chill”. Détends-toi ! Relax! Se détendre to relax, undwind, chill

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FrenchLearner Word of the Day lesson: "S'occuper" = to take care of

S’occuper – to take care of

Today we’ll have a look at the reflexive verb s’occuper, which has many translations including “to take care of”, “to look after”, “to deal with” and “take responsibility for”. s’occuper to take care of

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Se méfier – To be wary of

Today we’ll look at one of my favorite French reflexive verbs: se méfier. The reason I love this verb is that it has many translations including “to be wary of”, “to be suspicious of”, “to beware of”, “to not trust” and “to be careful”. Hence, you could easily use a lot of these translations in…

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