What are the English translations of: ''J'en ai perdu mon latin'', ''elle n'avait jamais perdu le Nord'' and the final phrase. i struggle with idioms

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Hi Ianhunter,
So many idiomatic expressions using 'perdre' in this excellent exercise!
The two you refer to are -
en perdre son latin = to be totally confused, not to make head or tail of something
perdre le nord = to lose your bearings ( but in this context 'to lose it')
I hope this helps!

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J'en ai perdu mon Latin. -- I lost my Latin.Elle n'avait jamais perdu le nord. -- She never lost her way.Idioms are what lends color to a language. You just pick them up, trying not to pick them apart too much.

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I think we could have done with having those in the vocab at the 
beginning. Out of context it's impossible to understand that the word 
being said is "latin" - because, not knowing the colloquialism, it seems
 completely random !

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Bonjour Jim,
Thank you for your comment! If you go back to the exercise, you can see that there's a link to a specific vocabulary list: Expressions with perdre, where this expression is listed. Therefore, we have not included "en perdre son latin" in the main vocabulary list located above the exercise.
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !