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De retour de Corée

Lingard

Three friends—Ben, Olivia, and Clara—meet in a cozy cafe as Ben recounts his recent trip to South Korea. With enthusiasm and humor, he describes everything from spicy street food and cherry blossoms to the clean subway and respectful city life. Olivia listens with admiration, Clara remains skeptical but intrigued, and Ben confesses to having even considered living there. As the rain outside subsides, the conversation turns to future travels and shared adventures, punctuated by laughter and teasing—with the promise of kimchi and hanboks awakening dreams of travel.

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paisible / pɛzibl /adjective

peaceful

Une énergie constante, mais aussi étrangement paisible.

A constant, but strangely peaceful energy.

debout / dəbu /adverb

stand

Même l'escalator a ses règles : debout à droite, on marche à gauche.

Even the escalator has its rules: stand on the right, walk on the left.

dehors / də.ɔʁ /adverb

Outside

Dehors, il pleut.

Outside, it's raining.

depuis / dəpɥi /adverb

since

Je me suis senti plus vivant là-bas que depuis des mois.

I felt more alive there than I had in months.

pleuré / ple.ʁe /verb

cried

tellement épicés que j'en ai presque pleuré.

so spicy I almost cried.

pousse / pus /verb

push

personne ne pousse !

no one is pushing!

supérettes / sypeʁɛt /noun

superettes

Et les supérettes ?

And what about the superettes?

l'opposé / lɔpoze /noun

the opposite

C'est l'opposé de notre ville.

It is the opposite of our city.

chaleureux / ʃalœʁø /adjective

warm

Coin chaleureux dans un café.

Warm corner in a cafe.

étrangement / etʀɑ̃ʒmɑ̃ /adverb

strangely

Une énergie constante, mais aussi étrangement paisible.

A constant, but also strangely peaceful energy.

le poulpe / lə pul.pə /noun

octopus

personne n'essaie de me donner du poulpe.

no one tries to give me any octopus.

retiens / ʁə.tjɛ̃ /verb

keep

Ne retiens rien.

Don't keep anything.

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