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Sharing an observation (from KiwizIQ quiz answer): ‘faire du hockey’, not ‘faire de l’hockey’ so an exception to the silent ‘h’ rule. I accept it (it sounds better; perhaps ‘hockey’ being a foreign word is relevant?).
Hi, in “les enfants sont bel et bien notre avenir” is “bel et bien” an invariable expression? And is that why we don’t have “les enfants sont beaux et bien” instead?
Referring to “vous adorerez cette autre idée : modifier un pyjama en flannelle défraîchi.”
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“you will love this other idea: making alterations to a pair of faded flannel pyjamas.”
I can only find “flanelle” (one “n”, not two) in the dictionaries. And this is a female noun. So should these answers all be “…en flanelle défraîchie.”?
In the C1 writing exercise The King Cake, there is the phrase ‘ he or she will name out loud each person, who will then be given a piece of galette’.
The recommended translation of ‘who will then be given’ is ‘à qui on donnera ensuite’.
You could also say ‘à laquelle on donnera’ ?
In the quiz there was this sentence: By the time you were ready, the bus had already gone. We had to write the part up to the comma.
The answer given was Le temps que tu sois prête.... That to me translates as By the time you are ready, not were ready. How would you write: By the time you are ready the bus will be already gone.
I’m not familiar with this use of "valoir" and was expecting a causative construction like "faire recevoir" - can someone kindly help me with a reference?
Also the end of the first sentence "in the women's right struggle" UK English would usually have "rights" in the plural, as in French.
J'ai besoin de supplementaire information sur l'usage de "en tant que". Remercie de votre assistance.
I'm a little confused at the distinction between "beacoup de" and "de nombreux". I used "beacoup de" in an answer and got it wrong, but I believe it was grammatically correct. The answers in the Q&A help a little, but I think it would also help to have this mentioned in the lesson text.
Why there isn't liaison between ''et elle''? (Claire est assez petite et elle a le taint mat)
I understand that the choice of verb has to do with how fast you are running. As a former runner, I don't see a great difference between trotting and jogging. My dictionary gave trottiner as a possibility for jog. Should it have been acceptable?
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