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Am I missing how you marked my submission? What I wrote was at least 50% correct, maybe even 70%. Without seeing my errors, half the learning disappears.
I notice at times that when the full text is presented in the end, it may differ from the preferred translation given during the test. Both wording and word sequence may differ in a way that is not covered by the alternative translations suggested during the test.
"et les odeurs disparaitront comme par magie !"
I'm petty sure this should be disparaîtront, please can this be corrected ?
Thanks
Paul.
Does the site have information on the colloquial uses of tenir? "Je vous tiendrai au courant." I'll keep you informed, so it's the metaphorical meaning of keep, not hold or take. There must be other examples.
For this question, could the answer be both "I myself play guitar" and "Even I play guitar"? This question was asked in the Kwiz.
Again the answers alternate--a few in French, but most in English, making it impossible to know how to correct my mustakes.
The object will be singular following a negation. In this case the object is the `sa collection. But a collection is inherently plural ins de jardin rather than nain de jardin. but why is the collection de nains and not des nains?
The sentence to which I refer is, Géricault's masterpiece was directly inspired by the tragic shipwreck of the real frigate "The Medusa" in 1816, which fifteen people survived to in atrocious conditions: hunger, thirst and, worst of all, cannibalism. I believe the correct grammar would be "... in which fifteen people survivied in ( or under) atrocious conditions...". The translation to 'auquel' becomes more evident.
Is it always the case that while meeting a family member, or a friend, or an acquaintance, we have to use or instead of ?
Also, what are the specific use-cases of the verb , instead of , that convey the same meaning as "make" in English?
Thank you!
How i can improve my listening at fast pace, guide me what to do,apart from these listening exercise, if i will do the listening on radio i dont undrstand the content without the transcript .The moment i read i can understand. what is your advise for listening improvement, to increase pace, as it very slow pace to learn listening with this listening one by one exercises.
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