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Learn some of the most common French phrases
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French expressions analyzed and explained
Et j'en passe
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Expression:...et j'en passe
Pronunciation:[ay zha(n) pahs]i
Meaning: and that's not all,and all sorts of things, and so on
Literal translation: and I pass over some
Register: normal
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Notes: The French expression et j'en passe is a sort of verbal shorthand, a way of letting listeners know that you are skipping over boring or excessive details.The adverbial pronoun en replaces the implied word choses - the things you're skipping over.i
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Example
Ce que Michel est raseur!Il n'a pas arrêté de parler de son divorce, déménagement,licenciement et j'en passe!i
Michel is such a bore!He droned on about his divorce,move,firing,and on and on!i
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Variation
J'en passe et des meilleures - literally,"I pass over some and better ones." Note that meilleures is feminine plural to agree with choses.i
Learn some of the most common French phrases
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French expressions analyzed and explained
Et j'en passe
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Expression:...et j'en passe
Pronunciation:[ay zha(n) pahs]i
Meaning: and that's not all,and all sorts of things, and so on
Literal translation: and I pass over some
Register: normal
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Notes: The French expression et j'en passe is a sort of verbal shorthand, a way of letting listeners know that you are skipping over boring or excessive details.The adverbial pronoun en replaces the implied word choses - the things you're skipping over.i
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Example
Ce que Michel est raseur!Il n'a pas arrêté de parler de son divorce, déménagement,licenciement et j'en passe!i
Michel is such a bore!He droned on about his divorce,move,firing,and on and on!i
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Variation
J'en passe et des meilleures - literally,"I pass over some and better ones." Note that meilleures is feminine plural to agree with choses.i
