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Hidden in my bedroom, I'd tied the flowers with a pretty bow. HINT: Gaspard is speaking (man). 

Dissimulé dans ma chambre, j'avais lié (or attaché) les fleurs avec un joli nœud.

Why do we have this hint? What would change if the speaker were female?

Three questions:

1.     “quand ça arrivera” – would “quand ça se passera” be acceptable?

2.    “la grande ville où nous habitons” – would "la grande ville où on habite” be acceptable?

3.    “intelligemment” – would “habilement” be acceptable here?

Bonjour,

In one of the questions, ""Il a huit amis, dont cinq sont anglais", I see "sont" being used. But in all the examples in this lesson, no verbs are used in the "dont" clause. 

Can I then also say, ""Il a huit amis, dont cinq anglais" ? Could someone clairfy?

Merci.

Hi! I saw this answer in a test, and it said, ______ immenses vagues venaient vers moi. Two of the options were "D'" and "Des". I put 'Des' as the answer, but in the results, they said the correct answer was 'D' ". Can you explain please?

Thanks for understanding.

"Tandis que le 14 février s'approche à grands pas"

1.  What does "à grands pas" add here that is not covered by "s'approche"

2.  Why is the reflexive verb used?  Would not "approcher" cover the same semantic territory?  It doesn't approach itself.

Thanks

I wrote "et on avait trop bu pour me mettre au volant" but there was only one option  which was "on avait trop bu pour que je prenne le volant". Why is the first expression not an additonal option?

How do you decide when to use "du monde entier" vs. "mondiaux" vs. "a travers le monde" ?