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Can “ce qui déroulera” be used here, or does this verb mean “unwind” only in a more literal sense (e.g. unwind a reel of cable)?
The question asks which one is better... but there are two acceptable ways to say this in the answer box? Why is en train de better?
im unable to find a translation that makes sense for this phrase?
By the way, we would never say “At the Doctor”. It’s always “At the Doctor‘s”. This is short for “At the Doctor’s surgery”, although this expanded form is rarely said. So we would say “I’m going to the Doctor’s”, “I’m at the Doctor’s”, and so on. We can, however, use “Doctor” without the possessive with the statement “I’m going to see the Doctor”. Also, it’s worth mentioning that a surgery, in this context, is more-or-less an office and not anything like an operating theatre.
Why is "almost identical" translated simply as "identique", rather than "presque indentique"?
Why is it la salle de bains - 'la' and 'bains'
The quiz asked for you and she. (You and she need to make a decision.) I wrote elle et vous which was wrong. It had to be toi et elle. Why?
Voilà deux petites cartes que j'avais achetées.
We do not accord in case of avoir verb as opposed to être in passé composé, but in Plus-que-parfait why have we accorded the 'acheter' verb when with avoir? And does the same happen in case of être as well (in Plus-que-parfait?)
Ce livre a été écrit pour les lycéens. Why is 'écrit' used here?
According to the article, to express the previous time - we could use la dernière fois + the clause of the sentence. (la dernière fois is used interchangeably with la fois dernière if without a clause)
We can also use the same to express the last (final) time - la dernière fois + the clause.
How do I know which one this refers to? It could mean both the final time, or the previous time in the above sentence.
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