Transcript

Hello everyone, hope you're well.

Today, we're going to take a look at a French expression in just a few minutes.

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Today we're going to take a look at the expression mine de rien. A subscriber asked me what this expression mine de rien meant in a comment, so we're going to look at it together today because it's an expression that can be of interest to everyone.

What it really means is to do it without looking like you're doing it. As if nothing had happened. We use it when something is different from what we imagined. Mine is appearance, it's air.

This expression is used to express that appearances can be deceptive, that the result is different from what was expected. You'd think they wouldn't, but in fact they do.

I'm going to give you some context, it's really going to help you understand better.

For example, if I had hardly studied for my French exam and I still got 16 out of 20, I can say I had hardly studied for my exam, but I still got 16 out of 20.

It's a result we didn't necessarily expect. Here's another example, another context. If it's winter and I'm at home, I feel like it's cold outside.

And when I go out, there's still a bit of sun. So I could say, I don't know, it's still sunny. Or I could say, "I don't know, there's a lot of sun despite the clouds, I'm afraid I'll get sunburnt.

And finally, here's one last bit of context. Wow! You're already married and have two kids. I can't believe I've been in a relationship with Thibault for 10 years already. Time flies.

So, as if nothing had happened, the time flew by without us really realizing it.

That's it for today, I hope you've understood this expression.

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