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Emma says "je crains que ce ne soit un peu trop bruyant pour moi". I understand that this is an example of the 'ne explétif', where the 'ne' does not mean 'not', but is a more 'old-fashioned' form of expression, used with phrases like je crains que, avant que, à moins que, etc. It was explained to me that it is optional in modern French, and not commonly used.  In which case, would it be likely that Emma would use it in this context?  Or is it there just to provide an example of this concept?  (i.e. should we use it or can we safely ignore it when speaking?)  

I had a question but couldn't figure out how to delete it. I did figure out the answer to my question, though. 

le vin is masculine so we should use du vin instead of de i need clarity on this please

I put douée - is there any reason why talentueuse was the preferred translation of 'talented'? 

My French-trained boss says ebouillon means boiling. How does that differ from bouillant or are they equivalent?

The only thing I see is there is what about there are