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How could you say "He needs a day off." ?
I answered:
Il a besoin d'un jour de congé.
*Il doit un jour de congé*
He quit smoking for five months but when the sun returned he started going out again? Is “when the sun returned” an expression meaning when warm weather returned?
Why is the superlative in the plural, when the subject is singular?
'qu'il m'a donnée pour mon treizième anniversaire.' - the link you provide with this question, 'special cases of past participle agreement with avoir' describes that, in passé composé with avoir, the past participle must agree with the object when the verb is preceded by a direct object, but also explicitly states that the rule does not apply to indirect objects. Is not 'me' in this case an indirect object (he gave it to me)?
The audio for WC sounds like “VC” instead of “double VC”. Is this an error, or is it in fact how it is said in that context in France?
Pourquoi on n'écrit pas "en tant que votre thérapeute??????
Why is it "commencez par préchauffer" but then "Faites votre pâte en mélangeant" ? What explains the difference?
As an alternative to 'il y a environ deux semaines' could you equally say 'il y a deux semaines environ' ?
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