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In paragraph 3 why does "j'avais" denote an obligation (to have to) instead of it being "je devais"?
I translated this as, Voulez-vous en goûter. Apparently, the 'en' is not necessary as it was crossed out in the correction. In English, the word, some, is implied after try or taste, suggesting an indefinite amount. If she had said, "Would you like to try one?", I believe the translation would be "Voulez-vous en goûter un". Can you comment?
À quoi renvoie “Elle est vite de venir ma meilleure amie?” Émile Zola?
un mot clé qui manque
what does 'je me ferais dorer la pilule' mean?
I tried google translate, DeepL Translate and bing translate, all gave me something about 'brown the pill', which just doesn't make sense. I am guessing, it means sunbathing.
In the exercise "I don't know this author" English present tense, is translated as "je ne connaissais pas" French Imparfait? Is that correct?
I know that it means "himself" or something like that, but it can not be a pronoms tiniques because :
moi=me
toi=you
lui=him
elle=her
nous=us
vous=you
eux=them
elles=them
So clearly for il we use lui not soi !
A couple of minor points 1. In the 'best answer' «le kilo» was suggested to be changed to «le kg». I would expect to find the latter on the grocer's sign but not used when the grocer clearly says 'le kilo'. 2. «Coûtent» is being indicated as preferred spelling instead of «coutent». At the least, both are equally acceptable. Académie-française and Le Robert both list «couter» as acceptable, with the latter showing all conjugations used with this form. I understand that most affected words have now been changed so just flagging as one that has not.
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?
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