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SIMILAR |
EXPRESSIONS | |
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He left work He left his job |
Il est parti du travail
Il a démissionné |
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SIMILAR |
PRONUNCIATION | |
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The lees (Z sound) |
La lie (de vin) | |
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The lease (S sound) |
Le bail (de location) | |
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CONSISTS |
of / in | |
| The French have a strong tendency to put IN after the verb CONSIST (which they often use). | Les français ont fortement tendance à mettre IN après CONSISTS (qu’ils utilisent beaucoup). | |
| Is it because the French verb CONSISTER is followed by EN? | Est-ce parce qu’en français on dit consiste EN ? | |
| Be that as it may, in English we almost alsways use OF after consist. | Toujours est-il qu’en anglais on utilise beaucoup plus souvent OF après CONSIST. | |
| Quote found on the web: | Citation trouvé sur le web. | |
| My work consists of two parts: of the one which is here, and of everything which I have not written. And precisely this second part is the important one.
(Ludwig Wittgenstein) |
Mon travail consiste en deux parties: de celle qui est ici, et de tout ce que je n’ai pas écrit. Et c’est précisément cette seconde partie qui est importante.
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| Perhaps it would be better if French people used IS COMPOSED OF instead. | Ce serait peut-être mieux si les français pensaient est composé de à la place! |
Points of English : Friday, June 08, 2012