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Imparfait vs Passé composé

Talking about the past - remembering old friends, recalling great parties, reminiscing about wonderful travels - is a lot of fun, but doing it in French can be stressful, thanks to the tricky relationship between the two most common French past tenses. This issue of Lawless French à fond will help you get "past" your fears.

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Tomber dans les pommes

Don't faint when you read this lesson on the French idiom tomber dans les pommes.

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Demonstrative Pronouns Quiz – Directrice sévère

Test yourself on French demonstrative pronouns (celui, celle, ceux, celles) with this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:

   Une directrice sévère

Note: You must be logged into your Progress with Lawless French account to take this test. If you don't have one, sign up - it's free!

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México

Learn and practice Spanish listening, grammar, and writing with these Mexico-themed exercises from Progress with Lawless Spanish.

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Dare – to give

Dare - to give - is one of the most common Italian verbs. It's used just like its English equivalent.

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Paralympics

Discover the Paralympic Games with some essential French vocabulary related to the sports, the people, and all the pomp and circumstance that go into this international competition.

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Reported Speech

A large part of communicating has to do with reporting what other people have said. This grammatical grapevine comes in two varieties: direct speech and indirect speech.

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Informal Questions

In addition to the "correct" ways to ask questions in French, there are several ways to ask them informally.

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La rentrée

La rentrée is one of the biggest events of the French year. In many countries, early September is end-of-summer-break-and-back-to-school time, but in France it's so much more than that. Here's everything you need to know about la rentrée with Lawless French à fond.

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Bonne chance !

Wish someone luck with the French expression bonne chance.

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