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Pourriez-vous m'expliquer pourquoi dans cette phrase il faut utiliser le pluriel: a + les = aux?

aux alentours 

ou

aux environs

Merci!

In your example of double pronouns it is clear that the two pronouns both go before the verb: Example 1:  Je me brosse les dents -> Je me les brosse 

I’m  brushing my teeth -> I'm brushing them

some of these sentences sound funny.. ex; You will have had to give up your dream. (you would of had to give up your dream)... Or maybe they are trying to say (you will have to give up your dream).. I suppose its choice of translation but it sounds off.

…parce que il m’a conduit sur Wikipédia à lire un très long article sur la vie fascinante de Gauguin. Merci!

Hello! I was always taught that adjectives related to beauty, age, goodness and size went before the noun. I was wondering why the translation is “une toile monumentale” rather than une monumentale toile. Thank you!

The sentence to which I refer is, Géricault's masterpiece was directly inspired by the tragic shipwreck of the real frigate "The Medusa" in 1816, which fifteen people survived to in atrocious conditions: hunger, thirst and, worst of all, cannibalism.  I believe the correct grammar would be "... in which fifteen people survivied in ( or under) atrocious conditions...".  The translation to 'auquel' becomes more evident.

What's the difference between:

n'importe qui/quand/quoi/ou/comment

and 

peu importe qui/quand/quoi/ou/comment