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I have these worksheets. They're great for the irregular verbs..."
"Not today."
He shot me a look and kept shuffling papers.
"Okay," I said. "D'accord.Pas de papiers aujourd'hui. S'il vous plait,Alex. Je...je fais les choses la derniere fois."
"Prochaine."
"What?"
"La prochaine fois," he correct. "Next time. Derniere fois is 'last time.' I'm not even going to start on your verb usage."
"Right.La derniere...sorry...prochaine fois. How do you say 'I'm begging you'?"
"Jes t'en supplie," he answered. Then, "You are aware that in order to speak better french, you actually have to speak French."
"Oui,monsieur. But the Eiffel Tower will still be standing next week, and french fries will still be American."
"Belgian," Alex sighed. "French fries started in Belgium. Look,I'm not going to force you to work. It's your choice and not my job."
"Next week," I promised. "I promise."
"Right." He rubbed the back of his head, pushing his hair into a funny little ducktail. "Okay,fine. How 'bout a movie?"
Worked for me. "Sure.
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