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In “Avec sa nouvelle couche de peinture rouge vif, la petite 2CV paraissait comme neuve”, why is “vif” used instead of “vive” when “peinture” is nf? Thanks, Brian

Please could we have English translations of the dictation passages? A dictionary does not always help with some of the vocabulary used e.g. 'rustre' 

I think there is a mistake made regarding  'ces 'which is translated as those and not these.

reverso gives an etre and an avoir form for grossir. As this is intransitive in the sense that he has put on weight himself, I assumed it was the etre form? You marked it wrong.

Salut

J'ai choisi - ça-  pour répodre sur la question. mais il est tort. pourquoi,, La traduction sur l'anglais peut être le mauvais.  Vous pouvez vérifier s'il-vous-plait

What do the preposition à and de Mean Un the Following sentences ?

Je parle à mon copain

One of the possible answers for the end of the last sentence was I believe "...dès que je peux" for the translation of "as soon as I can".  I chose pourrais instead of peux because I thought the sentenced implied an action in the future.  I was a bit surprised to see a present tense used here.  Can you explain why present is preferable to future?