{"id":12414,"date":"2025-10-29T13:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=12414"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:58:19","slug":"a-bit-of-french-with-ac-episode-4-les-choses-qui-font-peur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/a-bit-of-french-with-ac-episode-4-les-choses-qui-font-peur\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bit of French with A&amp;C Ep. 4: Les Choses qui font Peur"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">French Conversation Podcast<\/h2>\n<p><em>In &#8220;A Bit of French with A&amp;C&#8221; podcast series, you&#8217;ll listen to Kwiziq superstars <a href=\"\/user\/23\">Aur\u00e9lie<\/a> and <a href=\"\/user\/320616\">C\u00e9line<\/a>&#8216;s light-hearted chats in French about fun (and random) topics. To help you practise your listening skills, these podcasts will be accompanied by some useful vocab, grammar lessons, and interesting links to go further! Bonne \u00e9coute !<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>\ud83c\udfa7\ud83c\udf83 Today&#8217;s podcast: &#8220;Les Choses qui font Peur&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>First of all, thank you so much for your lovely comments on the previous podcasts: please keep leaving us feedback and contributing your own anecdotes, we love reading you! \ud83e\udd70<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s podcast, A&amp;C (that&#8217;s us!) are celebrating the Halloween season with a spooky talk about <strong>scary things and creatures<\/strong> &#8211; boooooo! What scares us in real life and in fiction? Do you know about the terrifying creatures of Francophone folklore\u00a0like <em>Baron Samedi, l&#8217;Ankou <\/em>and<em> la B\u00eate du G\u00e9vaudan <\/em>? 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podcast for you to learn and\/or review:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2025\/10\/avatar-aurelie-scared-witch.png\" alt=\"aurelie avatar witch\" width=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u00eatre fan de [quelque chose]<\/em> = to be a fan of\/to be keen on [something]<\/li>\n<li><em>surmonter [quelque chose]<\/em> = to overcome [something]<\/li>\n<li><em>une phobie<\/em> = a phobia<\/li>\n<li><em>la peur du vide \/ le vertige<\/em>\u00a0= fear of heights [lit. fear of the void]<\/li>\n<li><em>rien que [faire]&#8230;<\/em> = just [doing]&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><em>un clown tueur<\/em> = a killer clown<\/li>\n<li><em>se faire mordre<\/em> = to get bitten<\/li>\n<li><em>visc\u00e9ral(e)<\/em> = visceral<\/li>\n<li><em>\u00e7a me fout la trouille (familier)<\/em> = it gives me the jitters<\/li>\n<li><em>un objet inanim\u00e9<\/em> = an inanimate object<\/li>\n<li><em>prendre vie<\/em> = to come to life<\/li>\n<li><em>poss\u00e9d\u00e9(e)<\/em> = possessed<\/li>\n<li><em>diabolique<\/em> = diabolical<\/li>\n<li><em>les paillettes<\/em> = glitter<\/li>\n<li><em>foutre les chocottes (familier)<\/em> = to give one the heebie-jeebies<\/li>\n<li><em>une \u00e2me sensible<\/em> = a softy [lit. a sensitive soul]<\/li>\n<li><em>je te l&#8217;accorde<\/em> = I&#8217;ll give you that<\/li>\n<li><em>le vaudou louisianais\/ha\u00eftien<\/em> = Louisianan\/Ha\u00eftian voodoo<\/li>\n<li><em>faire le lien<\/em> = to make the link<\/li>\n<li><em>un lwa<\/em> = a spirit in the Ha\u00eftian voodoo religion<\/li>\n<li><em>embl\u00e9matique<\/em> = iconic<\/li>\n<li><em>un chapeau haut-de-forme<\/em> = a top hat<\/li>\n<li><em>un d\u00e9funt<\/em> = a deceased person<\/li>\n<li><em>sur le point de [faire]<\/em> = about to [do]<\/li>\n<li><em>squelettique<\/em> = skeletal<\/li>\n<li><em>lugubre<\/em> = gloomy<\/li>\n<li><em>les guenilles<\/em> = rags<\/li>\n<li><em>une faux<\/em> = a 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Listen out for this sentence taken from the podcast:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8220;Et <strong>justement<\/strong>, <strong>il y a<\/strong> un personnage du vaudou <strong>ha\u00eftien<\/strong> <strong>qui<\/strong> <strong>fait partie de<\/strong> <strong>ces<\/strong> cr\u00e9atures mythiques <strong>qui<\/strong> <strong>font peur<\/strong> : le fameux Baron Samedi [&#8230;]&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To help you practise your grammar, here&#8217;s a list of <strong>Kwiziq lessons<\/strong> related to this sentence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/how-to-form-regular-adverbs-ment\">Forming regular adverbs with &#8220;-ment&#8221; in French (French Adverbs)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/how-to-say-there-is-or-there-are-il-y-a\">Il y a = There is\/There are in French<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/how-to-express-your-nationality-changes-whether-youre-a-man-or-a-woman-adjectives\">Adjectives of nationalities vary depending on gender in French (French Adjectives)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/when-to-use-qui-to-say-who-which-or-that-relative-pronouns\">Qui = Who\/which\/that (French Relative Pronouns)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/faire-partie-de-to-be-part-of\">Faire partie de = To be part of (French Expressions with faire)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/demonstrative-adjectives-ce-cet-cette-and-ces-mean-this-that-and-these-those\">Ce\/cet\/cette and ces = this\/that and these\/those (French Demonstrative Adjectives)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/how-to-say-to-scare-someone-with-faire-peur-a\">Faire peur (\u00e0) = To scare someone (French Expressions with faire)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<details open>\n<summary><strong>\u270f\ufe0f\ud83e\uddcc\u00a0More practice! 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