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Is “Il ne vous reste plus que” a phrase?

 Bonjour,  s'il vous plaît je besoind de voir mon niveau si possible, sur an examen

in this text it said 'I explained to her', which I would have thought was 'Je lui ai expliqué' but no.

so, when to use (for example)

j'avais expliqué 

j'expliquais 

comme il mâchait la bouche ouverte

I'm wondering why the 2 different verb tenses here.  One act (of seeing) is related to the other act (of chewing) but 2 different tenses were used. 

Bonjour,

I was working on the verbs with à and De  and I was looking over my A1 section I was wondering what I need to work on next? Should it be more prepositions by itself or stick with working with more verbs so I don't get confused?

Thanks

Nicole

Bonjour

If voiture is feminine then isn't the use of longeur for wide correct. I was marked wrong.

Does the impersonal expression 'ça roulait très mal' literally mean the traffic was very bad ?

According to Larousse (and wordreference) , as an adjective for the colour purple, either violet or pourpre is correct. Pourpre is not being accepted as a correct alternative in the lesson for 'a purple broom', only « un balai violet » is accepted. 

I know that some may reserve « pourpre » for a darker red, "short" of purple - colour perceptions and names are always subjective.

How does "Tu as un chat'' mean "You have a cat" and "Do you have a cat?" when spoken? Simply due to the raised pitch at the end?