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1 | (1) |
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2 | (1) |
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2 | (3) |
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2 | (1) |
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2 | (1) |
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3 | (1) |
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3 | (2) |
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Register as used in this book |
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5 | (2) |
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7 | (12) |
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Pronunciation and liaison |
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8 | (3) |
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11 | (8) |
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Passages illustrating levels of register |
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19 | (12) |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (2) |
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Part of a debate organised by L'Express |
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23 | (2) |
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Passage from de Gaulle's Memorires |
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25 | (1) |
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Passage from Albert Camus' La Peste |
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26 | (1) |
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Passages from Le Monde and Liberation |
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27 | (4) |
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31 | (164) |
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Misleading similarities: deceptive cognates |
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31 | (7) |
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Deceptive cognates proper |
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31 | (6) |
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Partial deceptive cognates |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (14) |
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Homonyms differentiated by gender but with identical spelling |
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39 | (3) |
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Homonyms differentiated by both gender and spelling |
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42 | (1) |
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Homonyms differentiated by spelling only |
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43 | (1) |
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Homonyms with no external distinction either of gender or spelling |
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44 | (1) |
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Words with more than one meaning: incommensurability of French and English |
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45 | (1) |
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45 | (4) |
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49 | (3) |
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52 | (28) |
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Synonyms and words with related meanings |
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80 | (49) |
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80 | (49) |
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Complex verbal expressions |
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129 | (5) |
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Idioms, similes and proverbs |
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134 | (19) |
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134 | (7) |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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Expressions involving colours |
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142 | (4) |
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Idioms/expressions involving numbers |
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146 | (7) |
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153 | (4) |
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153 | (2) |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (10) |
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157 | (6) |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (3) |
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167 | (2) |
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Interjections, fillers, transition words and forms of address |
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169 | (6) |
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169 | (3) |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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Differences in measurements, etc. |
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175 | (4) |
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176 | (1) |
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177 | (1) |
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177 | (1) |
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177 | (1) |
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177 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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Semi-technical vocabulary |
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179 | (12) |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (3) |
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Miscellaneous matters concerning vocabulary |
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191 | (4) |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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Creation of compounds words |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (130) |
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195 | (7) |
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195 | (1) |
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Simple nouns (ie non-compounds) |
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195 | (2) |
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Compounds nouns (unhyphenated and hyphenated) |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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Doubtful and variable genders |
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199 | (1) |
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Names of boats, cars, aeroplanes and watches, letters and numbers etc |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (1) |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (8) |
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202 | (1) |
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Simple words (ie non-compounds) |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (1) |
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Singular subject but plural verb |
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207 | (1) |
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Differing usages between French and English |
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207 | (3) |
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Use of the partitive article before an adjective preceding a plural noun |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (15) |
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Adjectives and word order |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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Adjectives which change their meaning according to their position |
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211 | (3) |
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Adjectives which may occur either before or after a noun |
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214 | (2) |
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216 | (1) |
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217 | (2) |
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Personal pronouns and word order |
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219 | (1) |
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220 | (2) |
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Interrogatives and word order |
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222 | (1) |
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Exclamations and word order |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (48) |
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226 | (1) |
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verb + preposition + infinitive |
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226 | (4) |
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verb + preposition + noun/pronoun |
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230 | (2) |
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verb + direct object + preposition + infinitive |
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232 | (1) |
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verb + preposition + noun/pronoun + preposition + infinitive |
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232 | (1) |
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verb + direct object + preposition + noun/pronoun |
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233 | (2) |
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noun/adjective + preposition + infinitive |
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235 | (1) |
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noun + preposition + infinitive |
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235 | (1) |
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adjective + preposition + infinitive |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (8) |
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Prepositional expressions |
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245 | (1) |
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245 | (16) |
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261 | (10) |
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Different constructions in French and English |
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271 | (1) |
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French verb + direct object = English verb + preposition + noun/pronoun |
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272 | (1) |
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French verb + preposition + noun/pronoun = English verb + direct object |
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273 | (1) |
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273 | (7) |
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Negative words and expressions |
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273 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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Combinations of negative words |
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277 | (1) |
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The negation of infinitives |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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279 | (1) |
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280 | (16) |
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280 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (4) |
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286 | (2) |
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Other differences between French and English tense usages |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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A difference between French and English usages |
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291 | (1) |
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Formation of compound tenses |
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291 | (1) |
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Use of avoir and etre to form compound tenses |
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291 | (1) |
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Agreement of past participles in compounds tenses |
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292 | (1) |
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Reflexive versus non-reflexive forms of the same verb |
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293 | (2) |
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Verbs of movement in French and English |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (10) |
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Sequence of tenses with subjunctive in subordinate clause |
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296 | (1) |
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`Black and white' subjunctive |
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297 | (1) |
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in certain archaic set expressions |
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297 | (1) |
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at the beginning of a sentence to indicate surprise, an order or a desire |
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297 | (1) |
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to mark hypothesis/conditional value |
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298 | (1) |
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when a noun clause introduced by que precedes the main clauses (in R3 speech only) |
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298 | (1) |
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to express `whoever', `whatever', `wherever', etc |
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298 | (1) |
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after certain conjunctive expressions |
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298 | (1) |
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in clauses dependent upon verbs and expressions indicating desiring, wishing, begging, ordering, forbidding, preventing |
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299 | (1) |
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in clauses dependent upon verbs and expressions indicating a feelings |
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300 | (1) |
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in clauses dependent upon verbs and expressions indicating denial, doubt, evaluation, impossibility, necessity, possibility |
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301 | (1) |
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in clauses dependent upon a superlative formed with plus or moins |
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302 | (1) |
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in clauses dependent upon verbs and expressions indicating chance |
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302 | (1) |
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302 | (1) |
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in clauses dependent upon a superlative and similar expressions |
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303 | (1) |
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in clauses dependent upon a negative or indefinite antecedent |
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303 | (1) |
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in clauses dependent upon expressions denying and questioning certainty, probability |
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304 | (1) |
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in clauses dependent upon verbs of thinking and declaring in the interrogative and/or negative |
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304 | (1) |
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in clauses dependent upon certain expressions |
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304 | (1) |
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305 | (1) |
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when the main and dependent clauses have the same subject |
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305 | (1) |
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with certain prepositional phrases |
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305 | (1) |
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306 | (6) |
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306 | (2) |
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308 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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310 | (2) |
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312 | (1) |
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Usage with names of countries |
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312 | (10) |
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313 | (2) |
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315 | (2) |
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317 | (1) |
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318 | (1) |
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319 | (1) |
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320 | (1) |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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Seas, Oceans and Mountains |
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322 | (1) |
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322 | (3) |
| Vocabulary list: words and expressions contained in Sections 2.1 to 2.4 |
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