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Instead of "avec ses mains minuscules" for "with his tiny hands", could you also say "avec ses toutes petites mains" ?
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instead of the verb "attraper" could i have used "se saisir de" and said "il s'est saisi de mon pouce" ?
J'ai vu des oiseaux passer dans le ciel.
J'y en ai vu passer
J'en ai vu y passer
Which of the above is right?
After eighteen months of study I still can't really understand this. 'Les Français mangeaient les escargots' seems to be ok as an alternative to 'des escargots'. But 'Tout ce qui ressemble à la viande rouge' as an alternative to 'de la viande rouge' is not. To me it's the same kind of statement; and to have to say 'ressemble à de la viande rouge' sounds like 'resembles some red meat'...
In this story, the writer is still waiting the response from the interviewers, thus I would assume he is still working. Hence shouldn't we use Je travaille tellement dur depuis quelques années ? I assume he is still working hard.... :)
Hello. Why is it written de chansons and not des chansons? I was writing a translation of "write song lyrics". and it said the translation was "écrire des paroles de chansons." why is it de chansons and not des chansons?
Rafraichir has not been updated to accept 'rectified' spelling yet - still correcting to rafraîchir.
the answer given as correct for, Elle fait de la danse , is She takes dance lessons. Surely it would mention ‘lesson’ in the French? Doesn’t it just mean she goes dancing regularly?
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