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I don't understand why déchiffrer is in the "vous" form here. Surely after "arrivez à" it should be in the infinitive ? Or does "Arriver à" behave differently from most verbs with à after them ?

Hi, I think there are too many hints in many of these exercises (including this one). Specifically, the type of hint that tells you what word or words to use. These prevent you from making your own attempt. Personally, I’d remove these.

I'm returning to this lesson after being away from it awhile. And I have the same concern as before: The examples do not tie to the ones on the tests. Terribly confusing. Sometimes using "a", other times not. What gives? I can't be the only one rattled by this, Could someone please simplify this for me? Thanks.

The first two sentences have similar structure, a salutation followed by a question or a declaration.   However, the first uses an exclamation followed by a question; whereas, the second uses a comma after the salutation and then continues making it all one sentence,   If you use the first sentence's pattern, i.e. using an exclamation instead of a comma, this is marked wrong.  Please explain, as this is a recurring issue..  Thanks