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I've read this many times and it just doesn't make sense to me. Anyone else having touble with this?

Hi, I really enjoyed this exercise but want clarification on the sentence "Elle était en larmes !"

I would assume that this action was a one-off, not a continual state, so I used the passé compose (Elle a été). 

Is it because the sentences prior all used the imparfait?

Thanks

You really need to get some kind of speed adjustment to these "beginners" exercises I am get frustrated with them. Lines like: "Il y a aussi des nuages noirs dans le ciel" and "donc je pense qu'un orage se prépare" and just too fast. I was feeling happy with myself until I got to the second part and the only reason why I couldn't get them was because of speed!

And yes I will log this with support again.

Thank you

'As for "avoir peur", it's a fixed expression always followed by the preposition de (literally to have fear of), so when used with the definite article les, de + les contract into des :
Il a peur des chiens. => He's scared of (the) dogs. 
In the negative, as we said above, les remains the same, so it applies to its contracted form as well: Il n'a pas peur des chiens.'

Does this apply only to fixed expressions ending 'de' as in the case above?

Is there anything special about this word?

What are the other prepositions and what is the difference between au and Dans?

In the phrase "j'ai pris la petite creature dans mes bras et je l'ai ramenée chez elle"  you use the pronouns la and chez elle meaning it is a feminine dog.  In the beginning of the story you use the pronoun "un chien" meaning a masculine dog.  I am confused with the pronouns used to describe the dog.

Thank you,

Nancy 

Hi,

In a newspaper and a book I saw these phrases: non dépisté and non loin. Where I think non is not? Not tested, not far.

Is there a difference between this and pas? Eg in pas maintenant, pas mal, pas encore. 

Thank you so much!

I agree with the last two questions. 'Elle est' seems correct, as it is a description of a specific person.