Can you substitute 'au fil de' for 'à travers', 's'infiltre dans' for pénètre', 'flâner’ for ’parcourir'?

SueC1Kwiziq community member

Can you substitute 'au fil de' for 'à travers', 's'infiltre dans' for pénètre', 'flâner’ for ’parcourir'?

Asked 1 year ago
CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Sue, 

We have had a look at your suggestions and have added 'au fil de' as an option to the sentence -

Indeed, through its turbulent history = En effet, au fil de son histoire turbulente 

We have also added -

Après avoir flâné dans les rues pavées = after walking the cobbled streets 

as it is acceptable for 'après avoir marché dans les rues pavées' but not in the case of  'parcourir' which is transitive -

après avoir parcouru les rues pavées

However, we don't accept 's'infiltre dans' as it has negative connotations which is not the case here.

In the future, if you could actually write the whole sentence it would help us enormously to find their place in the text but thank you for your suggestions.

Bonne Continuation !

ChrisC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Au fil de... -- in the course of...

None of the alternatives you inquire about seem to fit, though.

SueC1Kwiziq community member

Thanks very much for your detailed reply.

Can you substitute 'au fil de' for 'à travers', 's'infiltre dans' for pénètre', 'flâner’ for ’parcourir'?

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