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Can one use ‘écarter les bras’ as an alternative to ‘ouvrer les bras’?
In the phrase, "où ils lui ont confisqué son portable", Why is "lui" there? If it's a pronoun for "him" why does it need to be there? (The subject is "they", the verb is "confiscated" and the object is "his mobile phone".) What grammer rule requires "him" to be part of this sentence? Is there a lesson that explains the answer (I feel like I've missed something).
Can you explain the difference? When I looked up branch (of a river), my dictionary gave branchement. This was not accepted in the context of this story.
The question doesn't specify whether the pain is physical or emotional, don't understand why answer is incorrect.
In the introduction to the exercise, the man is called Gabriel. In the actual text, he is Gilles.
Why is it not "....qu'elle s'agit....." as both the sculpture (which we know is a woman and is specific) is feminine and/or Catherine is feminine?
Also is the use of the conditional perfect, because this is a legend and therefore there is some doubt as to whether it actually happened?
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