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"Enseigner probably involves a lengthier process of transmitting knowledge  ,more like "educate" perhaps. Or "train" maybe. Apprendre is more generic,I'd say."

"They are both correct but  there is clearly a slightly different meaning. There is rarely such a thing as a "correct" translation.It is all about context and  usage."

"my thought is that there's a wine glass cuz it's part of the culture and the glass is specifically designed to facilitate the best experience of drinking wine.  i would doubt there's a term for a glass expressly for water. …"

"i would just go w "comment faire une baronne""

"by coincidence, i was just following a podcast of a french prof and he used "du" which reinforces my belief that "du" is correct.  "

"Une riposte est plus guerrière, plus agressive, plus vive."

""Suite à votre lettre" "suite à votre demande" "suite à votre question" "suite à notre entretien téléphonique" "suite à notre conversation" .... Mais…"

""Riposte " sounds more "point to  point" to me. Is it a fencing term originally,I wonder."

"Literally it might be "following on from  your letter" but it probably  might correspond to."Thanks for your letter  etc etc etc" Just a way of referencing that you received their letter and taking note of any…"