Actually I fell in "like", but his sweeping romantic gestures and dramatic language - tossing "amour, amour" around all the time - whirled me up in my first French "love" affair.

确切说我是“喜欢”上了他，但他那与生俱来的浪漫举止以及戏剧化的语言——总是呢喃着“爱情，爱情”，都让我在这第一段法国恋情中不能自拔。

youdao

Ministers have tried to dismiss the affair as a distraction, arguing that it concerns Mr Mitterrand's private life and not his capacity to carry out his job promoting French culture.

部长们试图把这件事情糊弄过去，他们说，这是密特朗的私生活，与他担当宣传法国文化的能力无关。

youdao

The only exception was a volatile affair with George Sand, a domineering, chain-smoking French novelist five years his senior, which began hesitantly in 1838.

唯一的例外是他和乔治桑的热烈恋情，这位盛气凌人、爱抽烟的法国女作家比他大5岁，两人从1838年开始交往。

youdao

The Chelsea star is alleged to have had an affair with French model Vanessa Perroncel, ex-partner of Wayne Bridge.

BBC: John Terry gagging order lifted by High Court

The affair, most French people seem to think, has exposed a moral and legal gap in the system.

ECONOMIST: A French debate about death

The affair has plunged the French Football Federation (FFF) into controversy less than a year after Laurent Blanc was brought in to sort out the national team, after its embarrassing performance at last year's World Cup.

BBC: France football race row: coach Laurent Blanc cleared