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le reste

i would prefer to use "un vestige de" instead of  "un reste de" if it's equally common.   instead of "accomoder les restes" it would b easi…

Started by alan gould

1 May 7, 2020
Reply by Chantal Savignat

at first, initially

are all the following used?  in english "a priori" is reserved for only a small % of highly educated: a priori à première vue – at first s…

Started by alan gould

1 May 7, 2020
Reply by Chantal Savignat

dresser

i saw this:  des amendes pour non-respect du confinement ont été dressées.   i think dresser means to give a fine.  so i don't understand i…

Started by alan gould

1 May 7, 2020
Reply by Chantal Savignat

deadline

i recently saw "date butoir".  the dictionary says "délai" or "date limite."   

Started by alan gould

1 May 7, 2020
Reply by Chantal Savignat

plumer

this means to pluck as in to pluck a chicken.  to take advantage of someone is also "plumer."  i guess it's slang.  what would b the standa…

Started by alan gould

4 May 6, 2020
Reply by alan gould

over time

is one preferable to another -- au fil des ans, au fil des jours, au fil du temps, au fil de temps 

Started by alan gould

1 May 6, 2020
Reply by Chantal Savignat

farfelu

is this just slang?   used frequently?   

Started by alan gould

1 May 6, 2020
Reply by Chantal Savignat

Il m'a taxé de raciste

i remember we discussed "il m'a traite' de + adj." to say "he called me...".  but i recently saw "taxe'" as well.  is this heard as well? …

Started by alan gould

1 May 6, 2020
Reply by Chantal Savignat

Next year and the next year

Hello Next year will bring peace and prosperity for all of us.   THIS MEANS IN 2020. The next year will bring peace and prosperity for a…

Started by Crack1

3 Apr 6, 2020
Reply by Crack1

S'il vous plaitaît

Do we ever use the conditional mode when saying "please"?  If it would please you, rather than if it pleases you?  I'm confident we use it…

Started by Dwayne Roberts

4 Mar 14, 2020
Reply by Dwayne Roberts

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