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Si "to go ski" est "faire du ski", pourquoi "would go skiing" n'est pas "faisaient du ski"?

1.       Ses déclarations étranges auront déconcerté le public.

how to write this in passive form?

Why does the last sentence use the impersonal construction, "Pourquoi se priver" instead of "nous priver"? 

Also, I translated "namely" as "en l'occurrence" but that wasn't one of the accepted answers (only "nommément" and "à savoir"). Is there a difference?

J'ai écrit "Je me suis mis à voir quelques boutons..." au lieu de " J'ai commencé à voir... ça marche aussi ?

sorry if this is a stupid question but why isn't visiter written in the infinitive form after a conjugated verb (rendre) 

The partitive article isn't use here? "Jambon, fromage et pain maison"?

Thanks

why is:  You had your curtains changed, translated as "Tu as fait changer tes rideaux."

I understood that "had" uses the plus-que-parfait?

I have a question about the number one in front of larger numbers. Is One hundred million written ‘un cent milliards’, ‘une cent milliards’ or ‘cent milliards’

This is the first B2 listening exercise that I have transcribed perfectly.  Thanks for so many interesting dictées which keep me interested and motivated.