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Le petit garage
A programme for those interested in brushing up their French
Script by Emile Harven and M. J. MacDonald
Peter and Helen Lamb stop at a roadside garage for petrol, and find themselves having to act as interpreters to help a fellow-countryman a mon avis, in my opinion; pour servir d'interprete, to act as interpreter; vous tombez bien, you've come just at the right moment; tordu, twisted; le garde-boue. mudguard; redresser le guidon, to straighten the handlebars; le velo (la biryclette), bicycle; visser, to screw on; le pas de vis, the thread of a screw; d'occasion, second-hand; enlever, to take
. off; faites le plein (d'essence), fill her up (with petrol)

Contributors

Script By:
Emile Harven
Script By:
M. J. MacDonald
Peter Lamb:
Richard Hurndall
Helen Lamb:
Dorothy Smith
Hermes:
Peter Carr-Forster
Georges Lemaitne, garage proprietor:
Jacques Brunius
Lucien Lemaitre, his son:
Emile Harven
Madame Lemaltre:
Sonia Windsor
British cyclist:
Leslie Crowlher

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