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split kettleBOT Mar 14, 2025, 10:38 AM

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torn timber Mar 14, 2025, 10:44 AM

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Unfortunately "Avant tout" has it's own meaning, being "first of all", and not "before everything"

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you can say au commencement, au début

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ensuite fait attention à la différence entre passé simple et imparfait, est-ce la tour s'est dressé une fois puis est retombée ?

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I don't understand "partant l'édifice grandit"

burnt cove Mar 14, 2025, 10:46 AM

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Alors je dis ‘la tour se dressait’?

torn timber Mar 14, 2025, 10:46 AM

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oui c'est mieux

burnt cove Mar 14, 2025, 10:46 AM

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torn timber I don't understand "partant l'édifice grandit"

it was supposed to say ‘and so the building grew’ but yeah i can see that it doesn’t make snese

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what do i say instead

torn timber Mar 14, 2025, 10:47 AM

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change the "mais avant longtemps" too, it's not clear at all

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did you mean "but after some time" ?

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or after a while ?

burnt cove Mar 14, 2025, 10:47 AM

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’but before long’ was my intention

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basically ‘but soon’

torn timber Mar 14, 2025, 10:48 AM

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yeah doesn't really work in french, I would look for synonyms

burnt cove Mar 14, 2025, 10:48 AM

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‘mais bientôt’?

torn timber Mar 14, 2025, 10:48 AM

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not sure if you can use dévotion + à

burnt cove Mar 14, 2025, 10:49 AM

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torn timber not sure if you can use dévotion + **à**

ok so would just dévotion be better

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or would that be unclear

torn timber Mar 14, 2025, 10:50 AM

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yes that can work

burnt cove Mar 14, 2025, 10:50 AM

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ok tysm

torn timber Mar 14, 2025, 10:50 AM

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j'aurais dit "ruines" au lieu de débris

burnt cove Mar 14, 2025, 10:50 AM

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this is Very helpful

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okay !

torn timber Mar 14, 2025, 10:51 AM

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remettre au lieu de rendre

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on rend à qqn en général

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bâtiment is maybe a bit underwhelming at the end, maybe momument or reusing édifice

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ou construction

burnt cove Mar 14, 2025, 10:53 AM

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okay thank you

torn timber Mar 14, 2025, 10:54 AM

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burnt cove basically ‘but soon’

peu de temps après maybe ?

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ou quelque temps après, même chose

burnt cove Mar 14, 2025, 10:54 AM

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Ok merci

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@torn timber could i say "de l’aube a la nuit, il l’edifièrent." instead of "de l’aube à la nuit, ils travaillèrent, partant l’édifice grandit"

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Thank you for your help i really appreciate it

torn timber Mar 14, 2025, 11:02 AM

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uhhhh

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no because like

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hmm

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édifier is construct from start to finish

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so it's not something you can do from dusk till dawn

burnt cove Mar 14, 2025, 11:03 AM

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hmm ok i understand

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do you have any ideas for what i could say instead

torn timber Mar 14, 2025, 11:07 AM

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ils travaillaient/oeuvraient à ériger la tour/à la construction de la tour/l'érection de la tour

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quelques idées

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btw most people would say de l'aube au crépuscule

burnt cove Mar 14, 2025, 11:10 AM

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okay thank you so much!

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I’ll make those changes now

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