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Is Rosetta Stone effective at teaching French?
I will be learning French for a cycling trip that I will be taking a year from today and am wondering how far into the French language I will be able to get with the Rosetta Stone software. I am trying to decide if the cost is worth it. If there is…
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Les enfants de mes cousins ?
Avec l'augmentation de la durée de vie des grands-parents et des arrières-grands-parents, les familles comptent de plus en plus de membres au fil des générations.
Les lieux de communication sociale sur internet permettent de garder un contact plus…
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Comment traduire les termes reliés aux gestionnaires de version ?
Je pense aux opérations de base dans les programmes comme SVN :
Checkout
Commit
Les autres termes me semblent plutôt clairs :
Trunk : Tronc
Branch : Branche
Conflict : Conflit
Lock : Verrouiller
etc.
J'ai essayé des équivalents, mais rien n'y…
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« Nulle part » ou « nul part » ?
Je n'arrive pas à me faire une opinion sur comment il faut écrire « nul(?) part ».
Part étant du féminin, il me semble, je verrais nulle, mais ça me choque sans je sache pourquoi, et avec les moteurs de recherche je vois autant de nul part que de…
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How do I say "I am a tourist."?
I was in Montreal last week gathering French books and newspapers. I also explored several neighborhoods to get a feel for the local culture. I was wondering how to say "I am a tourist." because I wanted to make it clear that I was not a native…
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"Tout du moins" or "à tout le moins"?
Which sentence is correct?
Il est riche, tout du moins, il a de l'argent.
Or
Il est riche, à tout le moins, il a de l'argent.
In general people say "tout du moins", but in books I read "à tout le moins". What is the correct expression?
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Quelle est l'origine de l'expression « brûler le dur » ?
Je comprends que ça veut dire prendre un train sans payer, mais quelle est l'origine ? le dur, qu'est-ce que c'est en ce cas ? Pourquoi brûler ?
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Y a-t-il un mot à consonance plus française pour « Sandwich » ?
D'après Wikipédia :
Le sandwich, en tant qu'aliment, tient son nom de John Montagu, 4e comte de Sandwich.
Et en France, nous utilisons couramment le terme sandwich. Toutefois, ce mot a une très forte consonance anglo-saxonne et je voulais savoir,…
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Asking a question whose answer is n-th
How do you ask a question whose answer is n-th (the order that is)?
For example, how can I convert the sentence "I was the fourth to get a copy" into a question where the answer is "I was the fourth". There isn't a straightforward way of doing so in…
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“Est-ce que” for requests?
Can est-ce que be used for requests, particularly polite or friendly ones? For instance, does this sound natural?:
Est-ce que tu peux me passer le sel, s'il te plaît ?
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How would you translate "test subject" in French?
I need to translate test subject as in "a person that is being subject to a test or experiment" but I can't seem to find a proper French equivalent.
The only word that really comes to mind is cobaye, but it seems too colloquial for my needs.
What is…
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How is "gésir" a defective verb?
Apparently gésir has an incomplete conjugation—it only works in the present tense. This confuses me. How would I say “I would lie down” or “I will lie down”, etc?
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How to translate “Be there or be square”?
En voulant annoncer au monde entier ma soirée, j’ai voulu traduire “Be there or be square” en français mais je ne trouve pas d’équivalent. Une idée ?
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How to translate "It serves you right"?
“It serves you right” is used when what you get is a result of your actions.
How can I say it in French?
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Origin of the word "trombone" in the sense of "paperclip"
With school around the corner, I got a package of paperclips and I notice the French translation for paperclip is the word trombone. What does this have to do with the instrument? They look quite similar to me, paperclips and trombones. Is this just…
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