French language Q&A Forum

S'attendre = expecting.  Attendre = waiting.  How can your answer in this exercise be both?

10. Cette infirmière attend un garçon is not reflexive.  Why in one answer This nurse is expecting a boy.

I'm wondering about this sentence: "Des festivites incontournables qui prennent habituellement fin a Mardi Gras, soit la veille du..."

What is the reason for the subjunctive verb tense of "soit" toward the end of this statement? 

I looked it up so know that it means "I just have to touch your marble" but can this be explained on how it means that? Why is plus included in this ?

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Is it because manquer implies nagativity?

Why in this case there isn't an agreement? Should it be

il nous a laissés partir.

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With "How are your holidays going?"  Why is "Comment vont vos vacances."  not acceptable?

In this sentence "s'adressa à elle d'une voix languide" can it please be explained why the "De" in "D'une" is present? 

And what is the difference between "Du moins" and "Au moins" ?

And in this sentence - "J'ai bien peur de ne pas pouvoir m'expliquer" why is "bien" necessary/needed?

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How many feminine countries do we have