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Is "It's a shame" too strong?
Words have different meanings in even the slightest of different contexts.
"What a shame" or "It's a shame"
is just like "Quel dommage" which means 'I feel bad for you (because you didn't pass …
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English translation for the different parts of a course as found in French schools/universities
This depends on the country or university. For the US in general:
lectures - where the professor (prof) talks a lot for the whole time, with few questions or interruptions.
recitation or section or …
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Original English expressions for "raison d’être" and "joie de vivre"
For 'joie de vivre' I suggest
elan
panache
For 'raison d'etre', I suggest
essence
rationale
These were chosen ironically because you requested something English, which all of these are, and ye …
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How can I translate the French expression "travailler en alternance" to English?
cultures don't always match perfectly well (and words don't), it turns out that the match is most likely (in American English):
travailler en alternance - 'has an internship' or 'has a co-op position'
In French … Something that might be parallel to the French meaning of the phrase is:
work-study program
which means that you're working and studying at the same time usually for financial reasons (the American system …
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