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a close relationship or connection; an affair. The French meaning is broader; liaison also means "bond"' such as in une liaison chimique (a chemical bond) lingerie a type of female underwear. littérateur an intellectual (can be pejorative in French, meaning someone who writes a lot but does not have a particular skill). [36] louche
Since 1890, the French baccalauréat exam, required to receive a high school diploma, has traditionally scored students on a scale (Barème) of 0-20, [1] [2] [3] as do most secondary school and university classes. Although the traditional scale stops at 20/20, French baccalauréat results can be higher than 20/20 due to supplementary "options".
The way the new Bologna system was introduced implies that students who had started their studies while the old system still was in effect will graduate with transcripts containing grades from both systems (i.e. both numbers and letters). An academic year has two semesters, from August to December and from January to June, although exceptions ...
Several negative words (other than pas) can appear in the same sentence, but the sentence is still usually interpreted as a simple negation. When another negative word occurs with pas, a double negation interpretation usually arises, but this construction is criticised. Elle n'a plus jamais rien dit à personne.
My main official reason for thinking it should be "was" is simply intuition, developed by studying French, trying to learn formal English grammar as a dilettante, and doing occasional proofreading. It isn't a lot, and I admit I can sometimes make mistakes from being too self-conscious with my grammar.
An elderly straphanger was randomly shoved onto subway tracks at the Herald Square station in Manhattan on Sunday afternoon, according to police.
Note that in French, the word professeur is used much more widely than the English "professor", and when used on its own it suggests a schoolteacher in secondary education. Qualified terms such as professeur des universités are therefore used to clarify the function of the professeur.
Kraven may be the world’s greatest hunter, but the comic book villain couldn’t manage the climb to the top of box office charts. Sony’s “Kraven the Hunter,” a superhero spinoff starring ...