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Yea, hi, what if some of the group nouns are male, but some are female?

In the connaître/savoir lesson in Lawless French , it says ignorer is a faux-ami. it actually means 'not to know' and not 'to ignore'. Do you agree with this? I have seen it in other places like Reverso where it is used as -to ignore. 

I'm wondering why mieux is used instead of meilleur when referring to organic ingredients in the statement, "There is nothing better to make the best tarts"?

As per the lesson that's linked on that page, I thought it would fall under "qualifying something as good/better/the best at what it does, i.e. efficient/practical, or good/better/the best in taste (food)".

Is it instead considered to be "making a general statement with être about something or someone being fine/OK/better/the best" ? It would be helpful if the lesson included "Il y a" in addition to être if so.

Thanks in advance for any clarification!

Can someone please explain to me why passé composé has been used here? We are talking about past habits here.

when to use ce qui versus en to replace an entire phrase

Why is it vous êtes entré (dans le salle de bain) without an s on 'entré'?

why we used huîtres fraîches instaed of huîtres frais?

I am never 100% certain in the use of the conditional tense. In the sentence « What would you like today » your hint was to use  ‘vouloir’ in the present. Ok, although when I see « would » my brain automatically thinks ‘the conditional’. I stuck with the present for Mme M’s reply, but I see that you’ve said « je voudrais quatre croissants svp ». I’m surmising that this is Mme M being polite and that for the person behind the counter to say « Qu’est-ce que vous voudriez aujourd’hui » is OTT as Mme M is known to them ?

Weekend workout for the 19th

For "in a separate bowl" 

J'ai utiliisé 'un bol separé rather than un bol à part

 does separé not work here? Merci 😀

Jill ________ la colline pour retrouver Jacques.

The given answer is a monté la colline.

Firstly, no one climbs a hill. Perhaps a mountain but not a hill. One goes up a hill. Further, there is no indication she is taking anything up a hill. She is simply going up a hill by herself. This should use être, should it not?