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Why does the final sentence, "Plutôt fuir que d'être pris la main dans le sac," utilize être in "d'être pris" vs avoir like in "d'avoir pris." ???
Hi Drew,
Here it means 'to be caught red-handed' which as in English uses the verb to be (être).
Hope this helps!
It is a passive construction, which is always constructed with être.
Why does the final sentence, "Plutôt fuir que d'être pris la main dans le sac," utilize être in "d'être pris" vs avoir like in "d'avoir pris." ???
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Hi Barbara,
If you mean the expression 'La main dans le sac'?
Être pris la main dans le sac, is to be caught red-handed ..
I mean all of those little sayings. the cat one is easy guess just have to learn them par coeur..
thats the french language and why we love learning it. I love your program and how it is presented. I am a longtime etudiante ever since Laura first started just like to moan occasionally.
Hi Barbara,
Another one for you which describes language learning well I feel :
Petit à petit l'oiseau fait son nid....
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It doesn't appear possible to rewind this sound clip. For me personally , that makes it much less useful, as you have to replay the whole thing from the beginning. ( I have tried Firefox and Microsoft edge, so I don't think it's the web browser).
Could we please have an interface that allows us to rewind the sound ? Thanks Paul.
Hi Paul,
As this is a technical question could you re-post it using the Help and Support button ?
It doesn't appear possible to rewind this sound clip. For me personally , that makes it much less useful, as you have to replay the whole thing from the beginning. ( I have tried Firefox and Microsoft edge, so I don't think it's the web browser).
Could we please have an interface that allows us to rewind the sound ? Thanks Paul.
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It is sometimes helpful to use an online dictionary like, e.g., this one:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/jurer
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