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French - 'Stand out' sentences

NotExactly · 2011-06-09 17:11:45

Does anybody know any good phrases to use for the written pieces also any good subjunctive sentences & a variety of phrases for the overused words like instead of beaucoup de use un tas de?

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#32 15-06-2011 7:59pm

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I managed to squeeze in j'avais pain sur la planche into the journal intime, so thanks for that! The examiners will be amazed by the shear amount of bread on the board(s)!

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#33 15-06-2011 8:07pm

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yes! I put that one in too. Not so rare of a phrase now :P

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#34 15-06-2011 8:51pm

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I got
"Il faut voler ses propres ailes" (stand on ones own two feet) for Q1a) on responsibility
and
"Il faut retrousser les manches" (pull up ones socks) for the question on alcohol.. these sound ok

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#35 16-06-2011 1:02am

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Agh! Just remembered a brilliant one. "Avec ma bite et mon coureau"... An interesting way of saying MacGyver.

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