Q: A French race for C2
A: C2 is still OK. When the most zealous proponents of "chocolatine" and "pain au chocolat" start racing for C4, I'll be worried.
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Cavesa wrote:Q: A French race for C2
A: C2 is still OK. When the most zealous proponents of "chocolatine" and "pain au chocolat" start racing for C4, I'll be worried.
I Greece we call everything a croissant, and you say what kind of filling you like. My husband confused a boulangère in Paris, by saying croissant and pointing at a pain au chocolat.
Q: nothing serious here
A: I shouldn't worry then, doctor?

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I use Assimil right now as a starting point, but at the same time I am building the foundation for further studies of German.
Assimil German with ease:
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What do you love about your second language(s)
- That they're over so quickly.
Anki/SRS unbelievers
- are just atheists in a world of religion.
- That they're over so quickly.
Anki/SRS unbelievers
- are just atheists in a world of religion.
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Preferred pronouns: feminine.
Preferred pronouns: feminine.
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Mooby wrote:Q. I'm a logger
A. That woodn't surprise me.
We need more jokes of this nature.
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But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
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Q. How many language families can you "master"?
A. Polygamists need not reply
A. Polygamists need not reply
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-Getting back in the game
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Q. A Words Enthusiast
A. Enthusiast :
> Early 17th century, denoting a person believing that he or she is divinely inspired
> from French enthousiaste or ecclesiastical Latin enthusiastes ‘member of a heretical sect’
> from Greek enthousiastēs ‘person inspired by a god’, from the adjective enthous
A. Enthusiast :
> Early 17th century, denoting a person believing that he or she is divinely inspired
> from French enthousiaste or ecclesiastical Latin enthusiastes ‘member of a heretical sect’
> from Greek enthousiastēs ‘person inspired by a god’, from the adjective enthous
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Q: Anyone doing the Language Jam?
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A: Omnomnom
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Q: What do you do, when you see a New Word?
A: I scream and run away!
A: I scream and run away!
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