In French, the word important can be similar to the word in English, but also can mean important in relation to size, amount, quantity. You may know that a VIP is a very important person. But it would be strange to say in English “a very important accident” or “a very important sum of money”. [...]
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This is about collocation, that is words that link together strongly to form common structures. You may know that one drives a car, but rides a bicycle. What other words collocate with “drive”? a car, a bus, a taxi, a train, a truck Expressions : to drive someone mad, to drive someone up the wall [...]
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an adjective is used to modify a noun: a pullover –> a red pullovera holiday –> a long holiday When another word (usually an adjective too) is used to modify the adjective, the two words together become a compound adjective: a red pullover –> a dark-red pullover Notice that often a hyphen (-) is used, [...]
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Many French speaking learners of English were taught in school that the translation of the English verb “to Wish” was “souhaiter”. This is only partially true and can lead to many mistakes when producing English. Je souhaite aller à l’étranger l’année prochaine – I hope to go abroad next year Here I use hope, I [...]
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