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Arriver Expressions

The French verb arriver, "to arrive," is found in many idiomatic expressions, including to get one's way, to be completely irrelevant, and to get into trouble. Learn these and dozens of other French expressions featuring arriver.

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Prepositions with Nouns

Generally speaking, articles are much more common in French than in English, but there are exceptions, such as when certain prepositions are followed by nouns.

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Ir Expressions

The irregular Spanish verb ir, "to go," is used in a number of common expressions. Learn how to ride horseback, rush away, and get right to the point with this list of expressions with ir.

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Tirer une carotte

No tricks here, just a lesson on the French idiom tirer une carotte.

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Las lágrimas de San Lorenzo

Test yourself on the Spanish near future with this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:

   Las lágrimas de San Lorenzo

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Adverbs of Time Quiz

Test yourself on French adverbs of time with this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:

   Un (court) verre entre amies

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Fa

The Italian adverb fa means "ago" - it is always preceded by an amount of time to express how long ago something happened.

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First Names

Did you know that there are laws regulating acceptable French first names? Learn about them in this bilingual article.

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H

The letter H is always silent in French, yet there are two different types of H.

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Conditional Conjugations

The conditional is one of the simplest Spanish verb forms. There is only one set of endings and most verbs - even those which are irregular in the present tense - use their infinitive as the root of the conjugation.

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