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tell me what it’s about.

Génial!

This adjective may be used in multiple contexts to express admiration or excitement.

Quel beau tableau! Il est génial! 

What a beautiful painting! It’s brilliant!

Tu as acheté les tickets de concert?  

You bought the concert tickets? Great!/ 

Génial!  

Fabulous!

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French in conversation: Making conversation and making plans 

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Quel en est le sujet?

This question asks what the subject or topic of an article or a book is. The pronoun en (of it / in it) 

replaces the article or book being discussed.

Tu as lu ce livre. Quel en est le sujet? 

You read this book. What is its topic?

On verra bien

Use this expression to show skepticism or restrained optimism.

Je ne sais pas si on pourra apprécier le  

I don’t know if we’ll be able to appreciate 

spectacle de si loin. On verra bien. 

  the show from so far away. We’ll see.