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il y a fort longtemps en plein coeur de 00:09
la chine ancestrale 00:13
de nobles drago régnait sur des temples 00:15
perdus dans les nuages au cours d'une 00:17
cérémonie annuelle 00:21
ces créatures célestes dessinait de 00:22
sublimes flammes en embrasant de la 00:25
poudre sacré un émissaire humains au 00:27
regard d'un transilien avait la lourde 00:31
charge de les sélectionne mais si les 00:34
dragons les plus talentueux recevait les 00:38
bains sonneurs de défiler lors du nouvel 00:40
an devant des milliers d'humains et 00:42
baise 00:45
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pour auchan 01:14
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aïe 01:55
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non 02:42
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non 05:05
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oh 05:25
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allez 05:32
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e 05:37
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depuis ce jour lors de la célébration du 05:43
nouvel an les humains tir de multiples 05:47
fusée coloré le rendant ainsi hommage à 05:51
notre petit dragon créateurs 05:54
feu d'artifice 05:58
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pour 06:30
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[English]
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Long ago, in the very heart of
ancestral China,
noble dragons ruled over temples
lost in the clouds during an
annual ceremony.
These celestial beings drew
sublime flames, igniting
sacred powder; a human emissary
with the gaze of a commuter
had the heavy task of selecting them, but if
the most talented dragons received the
ringing baths to parade during the New
Year in front of thousands of humans and
baise
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for Auchan
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Ouch
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No
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No
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Oh
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Come on
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e
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Since that day, during the New Year celebration
humans launch multiple
colorful rockets, thereby paying tribute to
our little creator dragon
fireworks
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Vocabulary Meanings

dragon

/dʁa.ɡɔ̃/

A2
  • noun
  • - a large, imaginary fire-breathing creature resembling a reptile

ciel

/sjɛl/

A1
  • noun
  • - the sky or heavens

temple

/tɑ̃.pl/

A2
  • noun
  • - a building used for religious worship

flamme

/flam/

A2
  • noun
  • - a hot glowing body of ignited gas from fire

poudre

/pudʁ/

B1
  • noun
  • - a dry mass of fine particles; powder

créature

/kʁea.tyʁ/

B1
  • noun
  • - a living being, especially imaginary or mythical

cérémonie

/se.ʁe.mɔ.ni/

B1
  • noun
  • - formal event or ritual marking an occasion

regard

/ʁə.ɡaʁ/

B1
  • noun
  • - a look, gaze, or expression with the eyes

sélectionner

/se.lɛk.sjɔ.ne/

B2
  • verb
  • - to select or choose from a group

talentueux

/ta.lɑ̃.tɥø/

B2
  • adjective
  • - having talent or skill

céleste

/se.lɛst/

C1
  • adjective
  • - relating to the sky or heavens; divine

hommage

/ɔ.maʒ/

C1
  • noun
  • - a show of respect or tribute

feu

/fø/

A1
  • noun
  • - fire; the process of burning

artifice

/aʁ.ti.fis/

C1
  • noun
  • - an ingenious device or trick; in [translate:feu d’artifice], a firework

nouvel

/nu.vɛl/

A2
  • adjective
  • - new (masculine before vowel sound)

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Key Grammar Structures

  • il y a fort longtemps

    ➔ use of "il y a" + time period to express "ago"

    "il y a" indicates an amount of time has passed

  • en plein cœur de la Chine ancestrale

    ➔ use of "en plein + noun" to mean "right in the middle of"

    "en plein cœur de" means "in the very heart of"

  • régnaient sur des temples perdus dans les nuages

    ➔ imperfect tense (imparfait) to describe past ongoing or habitual actions

    "régnaient" is the third-person plural imparfait of "régner" for descriptive past

  • ces créatures célestes dessinaient de sublimes flammes

    ➔ imperfect tense for descriptive narration

    "dessinaient" is imparfait of "dessiner", painting an ongoing past scene

  • en embrasant de la poudre sacrée

    ➔ gerund with "en + present participle" expressing simultaneity or cause

    "en embrasant" shows they drew flames by burning the sacred powder simultaneously

  • un émissaire humain … avait la lourde charge de les sélectionner

    ➔ expr. "avoir la charge de + infinitive" to denote responsibility

    "avait la lourde charge de" means "had the heavy responsibility of"

  • défiler lors du nouvel an devant des milliers d'humains

    ➔ use of prepositions "lors de" for time and "devant" for location

    "lors de" introduces the time of an event; "devant" shows they march before thousands

  • lors de la célébration du nouvel an les humains tirent de multiples fusées colorées

    ➔ present indicative for habitual actions and general truths

    "tirent" is present of "tirer", indicating they regularly shoot fireworks on New Year

  • les fusées colorées, le rendant ainsi hommage à notre petit dragon créateur

    ➔ present participle used adjectivally and the expression "rendre hommage à"

    "rendant" modifies "fusées" and "rendre hommage à" means to pay tribute

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