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The answer to Martin likes Sarah is marked differently in different tests:

1) Martin aime Sarah

2) Martin aime bien Sarah

Please explain.  Jane

According to Larousse, Collins and Academie-françiase, « serre-tête » is invariable. Word Reference and Robert list «serre-têtes», but it is not the 'official version' apparently.

SERRE-TÊTE. n. m.■  Ruban ou coiffe dont on se serre la tête. Des serre-tête.

Is J'etais = Je fus? i am confused because both mean "I was"

lists all lessons connectes to piece but no vocab

Is splitting the bill a common occurrence in french restaurants? 

< Frapper dans ses (les) mains > is acceptable, but is getting the red line currently.

< ramper > also got the red line but is acceptable for 'to crawl', as used by Pampers :

https://www.pampers.fr/bebe/developpement/article/bebe-a-8-mois-ca-bouge

The phrase 'which seemed to have been left there' is translated as 'qui semblaient avoir été laissées là'.

Could you also translate it using 'y' rather than 'là' (and if so, where would the 'y' go ?) ?

Why doesn’t Kwiziq also accept “ On ne pense que soi-même”?

... I hear “parapluie”. However, in “et j'achèterai un parapluie robuste” I hear “paraplu”. Is there really a difference there, and if so, why?