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How do I translate "en avoir plein les jambes"? Word Reference says "en avoir plein les pattes" means "to be really exhausted." "To have had enough" Do I interpret "en avoir plein les jambes" to have the same meaning?
Why can you not get any points if all the spelling and words are correct but that you have missed a comma or exclamation mark?
The english is ' until she can do it herself' . 'toute seule' I think translates here as 'on her own'. Should it not be 'elle-meme'?
1. In the above sentence, why didn't we use the article partitive des?
A similar trend is seen in this sentence as well:
Une dernière idée est de recycler une râpe à fromage rouillée en (un?) présentoir à boucles d'oreille.
2. making alterations ---> apporter des modifications? Is this a fixed expression in French?
I dont understand and the translation just says the Bohemian life.What is that?
If I'm saying I had a good time last night and I'm female, would it be *Je me suis amusée?*
For the quiz question whose meaning in English was given as 'I see [some] girls.
I answered: Je vois quelques filles - which was marked incorrect. 'Je vois des filles' was the correct answer provided.
Was my translation incorrect ? I asked an AI engine the difference - the difference it provided was subtle and both seem correct given the lack of specificity in the question.
This is about translating "no one had salted the road". Here you mean the "roadway", also called "the pavement" in British English, which I translated as "la chaussée" instead of what was given, "la route".
Pensez-vous que les fantômes existent ? - Oui, nous ________ pensons.
In the quiz, why is the answer 'le' instead of 'y'. I thought it was 'penser à quelque-chose'.
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