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Imparfait d'habitude/regular/imparfait ...(pour des actions qui se répètent) > .../would ou imparfait ... - one single action
Un jour, il se mit.... passé simple, ...>began to speak to me
His throat was too full of dust to let him return their greetings. Traduis avec une modulation et un chassé-croisé
Se sont aimés - An ... - fallen in love; whereaslove - stative
... for the arrival of the oxen as they turn from the road, listen for the creak of the cart > qui quittent la route en tournant vers la maison. Quel est le procédé?
He's concentrating on the cooler, tugging the lever for the water, - l'action est simultanée >
When we use 'be going to' , we refer to a ... action
Translation of ‘on lisait’ : In French we have an ... ‘on’ which poses a problem of translation because it can correspond to many different ..., and has no direct correspondence to a structure in English. We should analyse the ... of ‘on’. Here it has a generic value, that’s why it can be translated by a ... form.
Julien was always wearing ; -ing adds a ...
Structure: 1) Description of the French text 2)..., difference between the two languages 3) solution
Elle y songeait souvent, se demandant d’où venait qu’après
The watching girls- present participle 'watching' > transposition vers un nom
Example of a justification: Traverser maladroitement le trottoir - traverser est un verbe de ... : French verbs represent path/trajectory, whereas in English to represent the trajectory of movement... should be used. Solution: use a ... which would result in a more idiomatic translation: lurched across the sidewalk.
When justifying the choice of -ing , state whether the verb is ...
"Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want."
"It ain't no lie. We're gonna do it. Gonna get a little place an' live on the fatta the lan'."
"Well--hell! I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup. I herded sheep with him."
"Ain't many guys travel around together," he mused. "I don't know why. Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other"
"Sure he's jes' like a kid. There ain't no more harmin him than a kid neither, execpt he's so strong. I bet he won't come in here to sleep tonight. He'd sleep right alongside that box in the barn."
"No I couldn't do that. I had 'im to long"