{"id":3714,"date":"2017-03-25T08:53:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T08:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=3714"},"modified":"2018-09-03T08:51:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T07:51:37","slug":"weekly-writing-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/weekly-writing-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Writing Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2016\/04\/writing-challenges-fotolia.jpg\" alt=\"French writing challenges\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2486\" srcset=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2016\/04\/writing-challenges-fotolia.jpg 300w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2016\/04\/writing-challenges-fotolia-200x200.jpg 200w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2016\/04\/writing-challenges-fotolia-160x160.jpg 160w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2016\/04\/writing-challenges-fotolia-80x80.jpg 80w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2016\/04\/writing-challenges-fotolia-32x32.jpg 32w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2016\/04\/writing-challenges-fotolia-50x50.jpg 50w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2016\/04\/writing-challenges-fotolia-64x64.jpg 64w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2016\/04\/writing-challenges-fotolia-96x96.jpg 96w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2016\/04\/writing-challenges-fotolia-128x128.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Want to be fluent in French? 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