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Hockey talk at the office (Hockey au bureau)

The office coffee corner, on a Monday morning. Two colleagues talk about the Canadiens game. Estimated level : B2

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Questions

1. Pourquoi Karim n'a-t-il pas vu la fin du match?

2. En quoi consiste le pool de hockey?

3. Pourquoi Karim hésite-t-il à participer?

Glossary: Québec, standard French, English

QuébecStandard FrenchEnglish
puiset alors? / et puis?so? (chatty opener)
plateennuyeuxboring, dull
les Canadienséquipe de hockey de Montréal (aussi 'le CH')Montréal's NHL team
but moubut facile, arrêt ratéa soft goal
pool de hockeyjeu-concours de pronosticshockey pool
piassesdollarsbucks (familiar)
ben (ah ben)bienwell (familiar)
quand mêmetout de mêmeall the same (very frequent)
voyons doncallons donccome on! (disbelief)
pispuis, etand (spoken)
pour le funpour s'amuserjust for fun (English loan, very common)

Good to know : Talking about last night’s Canadiens game is the classic Monday-morning icebreaker, and office hockey pools are a common way to include new colleagues.

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