| Exercise 1: Use the correct preposition |
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| Il n' arrête pas
fumer. |
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| He does not stop smoking. |
| Il continue
travailler. |
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| He continues working. |
| Il avoue
ne pas la connaître. |
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| He admits not to know her. |
| Il craint
l' avoir heurté. |
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| He is afraid to have hurt him. |
| Il ne lui reste pas autre chose
faire. |
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| There is nothing else he can do. |
| C' est facile
faire, mais ça ne sert à rien. |
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| This is easy to do, but it does not help anything. |
| Il déteste
faire la vaisselle. |
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| He hates to wash the dishes. |
| Cette aide financière
a contribué
résoudre pas mal de problèmes. |
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| This financial help contributed to solving a lot of problems. |
| Il a décidé
ne pas signer ce contrat. |
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| He decided not to sign this contract. |
| Nous avons évité
le confronter avec la vérité. |
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| We avoided it to confront him with the truth. |
| Vous avez négligé
souligner l' importance de cet auteur. |
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| You have neglected to emphasize the importance of this author. |
| Il s'est mis
travailler tout de suite. |
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| He immediately started to work. |
| Enfin nous nous
étions résignés
l' avoir perdu. |
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| Finally we accepted that we lost him. |
| Pourquoi vous avez hésité
le lui dire? |
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| Why did you hesitate to tell him? |
| Il n'a pas tardé
le connaître. |
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| He soon got to know him. |
| Il s'inquiète
ne pas le lui avoir dit. |
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| It bothers him that he has not told her/him. |
| Il se reproche
de ne pas lui avoir fait confiance. |
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| He blames him not to have faith in him/her. |
| Vous niez
l' avoir volé ? |
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| You claim that you have not stolen it? |
| Nous avons tenté
nous mettre en contact avec eux, mais ce n' était pas possible. |
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| We have tried to get in contact with you, but it was not possible. |
| Il m' a accusé
lui avoir fait tort. |
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| He accused me to have commited injustice against him. |
| Elle n' est jamais
arrivée
faire ce qu' elle voulait. |
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| She never managed to do, what she wanted. |
| Nous vous sommes très reconnaissants
avoir réparé notre voiture
dans un délai si bref. |
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| We are very grateful that you repaired our car in such a short time. |
| Il se prépare
partir bientôt. |
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| He prepares to leave soon. |
| Quand il avait la chance
le faire, il n' a pas hésité à réaliser son projet. |
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| When he had the chance to do it, he did not hesitate to realize his project. |
| Il adore
nager dans le lac qui se trouve à côté de la maison. |
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| He loves it to swim in the lake close to his house. |
| Il soutient
n' en savoir rien. |
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| He claims not to know anything about it. |
| Ils savent
le faire, mais ils n' en ont pas la
moindre envie. |
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| They can do it, but they do not feel like doing it. |
| Vous avouez donc
ne pas avoir dit la vérité. |
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| You admit that you have not told the truth. |
| Je me rappelle
l' avoir acheté, mais je n'
arrive pas à le trouver. |
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| I remember to have bought it, but I cannot find it. |
| Elle ne désire pas
le revoir. |
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| She does not want to meet him again. |
| Il reconnaît
s' être trompé. |
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| He admits to have be wrong. |
| Il apprécie
pouvoir faire ce qu' il veut. |
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| He appreciates to be able to do what he likes to. |
| Il essaye toujours
rester calme, mais il n' y arrive pas. |
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| He always tries to keep calm, but he does not manage to do so. |
| Il s' est excusé
ne pas avoir été capable de venir. |
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| He appologizes for not being able to come. |
| Il me reproche toujours
ne pas travailler assez. |
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| He always blames me for not working enough. |
| Je me dépêcherai
vous le faire parvenir. |
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| I will hurry to get it to you. |
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