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mais ils ne riment pas toujours avec "économies". Not sure the translation “but they don't always rhyme with "savings" works in English.

Martin B.Kwiziq community member

mais ils ne riment pas toujours avec "économies". Not sure the translation “but they don't always rhyme with "savings" works in English.

This question relates to:French interactive reading exercise "Rentrée scolaire - limiter les dépenses"

Reading B1, Family & Relationships, Listening or Seeing B1

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CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi everyone,

After discussion we have gone for ´to be synonymous with’ and it has now been changed.
Thank you Martin for bringing this to our attention.

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Martin B.Kwiziq community member
“don’t always mean savings” or “represent savings” might be better
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CécileNative French expert teacher in Kwiziq

I agree Martin, I was thinking perhaps, ''"..don't always translate into savings". ?

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Martin B.Kwiziq community member

Yes, I think that would be an equivalent in English

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Martin B. asked:

mais ils ne riment pas toujours avec "économies". Not sure the translation “but they don't always rhyme with "savings" works in English.

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