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Even Aurelie gives "garcon vilain" as an example where the adjective can go after the noun.  (ugly boy versus mean boy).

yet the quiz won't accept it.  This should be changed

As an alternative to en bousculant les passants, couldn’t you say 

En faisant les coudes aux passants ?

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I used énorme for huge and it got the redline with only 'immense' indicated as correct: a response here from Cécile some time ago stated she used 'énorme' when running through the exercise also. 

I frequently come across responses where it would seem either ensuite or puis can be used, but mostly only one is accepted, and I always seem to choose the "unaccepted" word ! (That is why my gambling is limited) Again, a previous response from Cécile in another exercise indicated they are essentially interchangeable, as Larousse also indicates.  

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/questions/view/what-is-the-difference-between-ensuite-and-puis

https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/puis/65014

Can both énorme and ensuite be added ?

I've noticed that 71 above has no hyphens: soixante et onze. So is it just the numbers 21,31,41,51,61 that do have hyphens? Or does 71 have hyphens just when there are higher numbers, e.g. 171?

Merci d'avance!

I am puzzled that the correct way of expressing leaving work uses laisser rather than quitter, both of which require direct objects. Where travail is the direct object, why is "J'ai quitté le travail" marked incorrect in the quiz and "J'ai laissé le travail" marked correct? I do not dispute that "J'ai laissé le travail" is correct, but the lesson on partir, quitter, laisser, etc. is unclear. This is especially true if "travail" is considered a place and quitter is used for leaving places, which to me at least seems plausible. I have not yet taken this up with my French coterie.

I want more  same questions to practice my vocabulary.

J'aime quand vous riez... I like it when you laugh.

Why is this not je l'aime quand vous riez

One possible translation heer is given as "Est-ce que l'on peut aller prendre un café? "

Is the "le" at all related to the café as direct object?  Could you explain/provide examples of other uses of "l'on" in such contexts?  Merci en avance! 

I know that depuis can be used with the passé composé in the negative sentence but can it also be used with the affirmative?

How would you translate a sentence like:

I have seen him once since last week or They have visited their grandmother twice since last week. 

When I translated them into Google and other translation sites they both use the affirmative passé composé with depuis, which I didn't think you were meant to do.