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. . . "There’s
M
y French lessons continue but
a whole
in French whenever possible, c’est might do something about it was
improvement doesn’t seem to
pack of
incroyable! I called a friend up the street beginning to overwhelm me. Those four
and I appear to be sur un to say “Vous faites une surveillance!” and lost parking bays were potentially lost
plateau. For the last couple of sure enough from his vantage point he customers to businesses in the area. The
weeks we’ve been given “write a diary” as
dogs
sees empty bag going into Boots, bulging day before I’d worked for the police and
homework. The idea behind this, quite bag coming out. That easy; it’s a wonder now I was a Highways Supervisor. No!
rightly, was to make us practice some anyone pays for anything! My friend even I’m a retailer and I just want those whose
French every day instead of a mad
employed
followed him and got the registration of jobs I pay for through my taxes to do the
scramble to complete a worksheet an the getaway car and saw the occupant jobs they are employed for efficiently and
hour before the lesson which our teacher receiving the stolen goods. We thus had a effectively so that I can get on with
had clearly recognised we were all doing
by the state
good description of offender, full details running my own business. There’s a
and didn’t feel enough regular effort was of modus operandi and car registration whole pack of dogs employed by the state
going in. He is obviously as frustrated by number so what’s the missing ingredient and I still have to bark myself!
our lack of progress as we are! I was
determined to stick to the regime of a
and I still
to apprehending these bad people? The
simple answer is obviously the police – I headed off to the bank, confident
daily entry making use of past, present but it’s more than that, because they did nothing could go wrong there, it’s not
and future verb tenses as well as dipping
into my dictionary to widen my
have to
attend, but as so often is the case the state-owned… yet. I just wanted to pay
determination, or even interest, just some money in and ask about a better
vocabulary so that I was able to describe wasn’t there to follow through. rate for my deposit account. The paying
the exciting life I lead and impress the
teacher and fellow classmates with my
bark
in went without a hitch but when I
Having resolved to waste no more of my enquired about a more favourable rate
extended repertoire. However, after two time offering information to the police I for my deposit account, after dancing
days of writing je me leve, je suis allé au
travail, je n’ai pas des clients (got up,
myself!"
found myself the next morning having to round the subject, the manager advised
look up road rage for my diary entry due that I’d get a better deal up the road at
went to work, no customers) I realised to the incompetence of council the building society. We all know
some poetic licence would be needed as I contractors up the street who’d mortgages and loans are being turned
could not rely on reality for excitement or resurfaced the road then done away with down but I wanted to leave my money
stretching my language skills. I gazed out prevent tag detectors working) then gave four parking bays when they reinstated with the bank and possibly give them
of the shop window for inspiration and it little further thought until the that the road markings incorrectly. So full of some more, can the world become any
then before my very eyes…Voilà! No morning when I saw the same miscreant comportement très agressif de certains more crazy? My face must have shown
poetic licence necessary, this was real-life scurrying by with an empty freezer bag. usagers de la route (trust the French to my astonishment so as if to explain the
detective work. A few days earlier I’d Ten minutes later he went back in the use nine words to translate two of ours!) situation further the manager said
chased a potential shoplifter out when he opposite direction with a bulging freezer I started making calls to various council quietly: “We don’t really do savings.” I
started doing dodgy things with a pair of bag and a few minutes after that he heads departments. The frustration of having to was lost for words in English; there was
jog bottoms and a freezer bag (in case any past again with an empty bag. Bonjour repeat the problem to several different no chance of me writing that up in
of you don’t know, freezer bags can Inspector Poirot, I say to myself thinking people before speaking to someone who French!
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