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Friends: "Celui avec le canapé"

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In this hilarious episode, Ross' determination to save money leads him, Rachel, and Chandler into a chaotic struggle to get a massive couch up the stairs. As they try to maneuver it around a tight corner, Ross repeatedly yells "PIVOT!" to guide them, much to Rachel and Chandler's dismay. The couch gets stuck, tempers flare, and despite Ross' optimism, the situation goes from bad to worse. The scene captures the absurdity of the moment and the perfect comedic timing between the characters, making it one of the most memorable moments of the series.

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pivoter / pi.vo.te /verb

pivot

Qu'est-ce que tu veux dire par pivoter ?

What do you mean by 'pivot'?

tournerchanger

le canapé / lə kanape /noun

sofa

Celui avec le canapé.

The one with the sofa.

essayant / ɛsɛjɑ̃ /verb

trying

Ross, Rachel et Chandler sont dans la cage d'escalier, essayant de monter un grand canapé.

Ross, Rachel, and Chandler are in the stairwell, trying to get a large couch up the stairs.

tenters'efforcer

coincé / kwãse /adjective

stuck

Ross, il est coincé.

Ross, he's stuck.

le sens / lə sɑ̃s /noun

direction

Tourne-le dans ce sens !

Turn it in that direction!

bouge / buʒ /verb

move

Ils poussent et tirent, mais le canapé ne bouge pas.

They push and pull, but the sofa doesn't move.

tAIS-TOI / te /verb

Shut up

TAIS-TOI, TAIS-TOI, TAIS-TOI !!!

Shut up, shut up, shut up!!!

le coin / l‿ɛ̃ɡl /noun

corner

Il se coince dans le coin.

It gets stuck in the corner.

la livraison / la li.vʁə.zɔ̃ /noun

delivery

pour la livraison ?

for the delivery?

pIVOTE / pivo /noun

Pivot

PIVOTE !

Pivot!

redescendre / ʁədɛ̃dʁ(ə) /verb

bring back down

Bon, essayons de le redescendre.

Okay, let's try to bring it back down.

soulever / sulte /verb

to lift

Ils recommencent à soulever le canapé.

They start again to lift the sofa.

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