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If you have gone through the introduction to être / avoir, you can now check how well you master their conjugation.
Now, if you want something more challenging, try to translate these sentences back to French !
Arrestation de suspect clé des attentats de Paris et de Bruxelles.
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| English | French |
| The suspect has been arrested | Le suspect a été arrêté |
| The most wanted man | L’homme le plus recherché |
| The French authorities | Les autorités françaises |
| the man in the hat | l’homme au chapeau |
| The police have arrested four men. | La police a arrêté quatre hommes |
| He might have been in contact with the suicide bomber. | Il aurait pu être en en contact avec le kamikaze |
| Dragnet (A system of coordinated procedures for apprehending criminal suspects or other wanted persons.) | Coup de filet |
| if we are to believe the recent statements … | si l’on en croit les dernières déclarations |
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The sentences are not 100% exactly the same as in the article you have read / watched but they are built around those in order to make them easier for you to understand and remember.
Do the translation exercise until you get 100% of correct answers at one go. Come back regularly to check your knowledge and reinforce those synaptic connections !
Should you have any suggestions please, leave a comment below. Merci !
A very embarrassing and shameful situation for the British Prime Minister: David Cameron. You can read, watch and listen to the story on the euronews‘ website then come back here and check your vocabulary. Good luck !
Vocabulary
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| English | French |
| a bit unsettled / disconcerted by | un peu déstabilisé par |
| he has admitted | il a avoué |
| an offshore fund | un fonds offshore |
| He has said / revealed | il s’est exprimé |
| to be tax compliant | être en règle avec le fisc |
| he has sold everything off | il a tout soldé |
| a summit | un sommet |
| a revolt | une fronde |
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Here is a list of 10 French idiomatic expressions that you will probably hear most frequently while in France. The list is rather subjective, as I did not base myself on any official document proving the frequency (Does such such thing exist ?). The only explanation I have is that to my mind these idiomatic expressions are used more often than others. Of course, there are others but I thought these might be the most useful ones for the beginning and intermediate learners of French. Thus, upon your arrival to France you won't be surprised to hear what may at first appear as some strange sounding expressions you have no idea about their meaning.
You may ask. If you want to get over the "speaking the very basic French" level, you need to get to know some idiomatic expressions. And this is true for any language. That's just the way people like to express ideas. Idioms make the language more vivid, more colorful and more expressive.It's one of the things that shows that you know the language well.
You may also check this website about The French Idioms (origin, explanations, translation).
It this lesson you will learn or consolidate, if you have gone through the 1st and 2nd part of my French Lessons for Beginners, the conjugation and use of the two most important verbs in the French language: Etre and Avoir.
Here are some of the advantages of learning etre (to be) and avoir (to have) from the beginning.
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