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Exercice/Reformulations 3
Message de here4u posté le 16-04-2014 à 23:28:09 (S | E | F)
Hello again !

Here are 10 new sentences to "rewrite" ...
You're given 10 sentences and 10 different 'prompts' which must be used. The result shouldn't change the meaning of the sentences: ex : I've never watched such a good tennis match ! It is .....
It is the best tennis match I have ever watched!
Understood ?

1) This little animal really looks funny!
This is really a .............

2) I’m sorry that they made fun of you.
I’m sorry that you ..........

3) As Tarzan advanced, the jungle became thicker .
The ....................

4) It takes twenty minutes to walk to the park.
It’s a ...................

5) Why didn’t you follow your parents’advice?
You ought ...................
You should ...................

6) I suggest you talk to her first.
If I .....................

7) I’ve never met a worse liar than your brother.
Your brother ...................

8) We tried very hard, but couldn’t find an affordable hotel.
However ..........................

9) We couldn’t find our way, and yet, we knew the village!
Although .........................

10)Why don’t you phone a friend of yours?
He suggested ...................

Good luck! Correction le 26/04!

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de komiks, postée le 17-04-2014 à 09:00:03 (S | E)
Hello here4u,
Here's my try ! Thanks for this exercise, which I love.
It's very funny
Have a nice sunny day !

1) This little animal really looks funny!
This is a really funny little animal!

2) I’m sorry that they made fun of you.
I’m sorry that you were made fun of.

3) As Tarzan advanced, the jungle became thicker .
The more Tarzan advanced, the thicker the jungle became.

4) It takes twenty minutes to walk to the park.
It’s a twenty-minute walk to the park.

5) Why didn’t you follow your parents’advice?
You ought to have followed your parents’ advice.
You should have followed your parents’ advice.

6) I suggest you talk to her first.
If I were you, I would talk to her first.

7) I’ve never met a worse liar than your brother.
Your brother is the worst liar I’ve ever met.

8) We tried very hard, but couldn’t find an affordable hotel.
However hard we tried, we couldn’t find an affordable hotel.

9) We couldn’t find our way, and yet, we knew the village!
Although we knew the village, we couldn’t find our way!

10)Why don’t you phone a friend of yours?
He suggested that I should phone a friend of mine.

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Modifié par komiks le 21-04-2014 20:18
Reviewed

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de lakata, postée le 17-04-2014 à 11:24:30 (S | E)
Hello!

I'm so thrilled with this new exercise, dear here4u! Thank you so much.

1) This little animal really looks funny!
This is really a funny-looking little animal!

2) I'm sorry that they made fun of you...
I'm sorry that you were made fun of.

3) As Tarzan advanced, the jungle became thicker.
The further Tarzan went, the thicker the jungle became.

4)It takes twenty minutes to walk to the park.
It's a twenty-minute walk to the park.

5) Why didn't you follow your parents' advice?
You ought to have followed your parents' advice.
You should have followed your parents' advice.

6) I suggest you talk to her first.
If I were you, I'd talk to her first.

7) I've never met a worse liar than your brother...
Your brother is the worst liar I've ever met...

8) We tried very hard, but couldn't find an affordable hotel....
However hard we tried, we couldn't find any affordable hotel...

9) We couldn't find our way, and yet, we knew the village!
Although we knew the village, we couldn't find our way.

10) Why don't you phone a friend of yours?
He suggested you phone a friend of yours.
He suggested I phone a friend of mine.

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Modifié par lakata le 19-04-2014 16:55

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de kolimang, postée le 17-04-2014 à 13:39:36 (S | E)
Hello here4u, hello everyone!

Thank you for this third series of reformulations!
Here's my attempt. I believe some of my sentences are too simple to be correct, but I couldn't manage to work out alternatives.

1) This little animal really looks funny!
This is really a funny-looking little animal.

2) I’m sorry that they made fun of you.
I’m sorry that you were made fun of.

3) As Tarzan advanced, the jungle became thicker .
The jungle became thicker as Tarzan advanced.
(edit) Second try : The more/farther Tarzan advanced, the thicker the jungle became.

4) It takes twenty minutes to walk to the park.
It’s a twenty minute walk to the park.

5) Why didn’t you follow your parents’advice?
You ought to follow your parents'advice.
You should have followed your parents'advice.

6) I suggest you talk to her first.
If I were you, I'd (= would) talk to her first.

7) I’ve never met a worse liar than your brother.
Your brother is the worst liar I've ever met.

8) We tried very hard, but couldn’t find an affordable hotel.
However hard we tried, we couldn't find an affordable hotel.

9) We couldn’t find our way, and yet, we knew the village!
Although we knew the village, we couldn't find our way.

10) Why don’t you phone a friend of yours?
He suggested (that) I phone a friend of mine.

Have a nice Easter time!

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Modifié par kolimang le 17-04-2014 18:23
I forgot the word "little" in the first sentence.

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de sbgs, postée le 17-04-2014 à 14:22:26 (S | E)
Hellooooo

Here's my shot:

1) This is really a funny-looking animal!

2) I’m sorry that you were made fun of.

3) The jungle became thicker as Tarzan advanced.

4) It’s a twenty-minute walk from here to the park.

5) You ought to have followed your parents’ advice!
You should have followed your parents’ advice!

6) If I may suggest, you should talk to her first.

7) Your brother is the worst liar I’ve ever met!

8) However hard we tried, we couldn’t find an affordable hotel.

9) Although we knew the village, we couldn’t find our way!

10) He suggested phoning a friend of mine.

Cheers!
Hope you're enjoying your holidays as much as I am!

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Modifié par sbgs le 17-04-2014 14:22
forgot a verb

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Modifié par sbgs le 17-04-2014 21:03
corrected the 10th sentence, doing the other 3

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de here4u, postée le 17-04-2014 à 15:47:23 (S | E)
Hello
+ 2 réponses en mp ! WOW ! Les "vacances" (pour certains ... ) vous donnent des ailes !
Je vais me sentir obligée de vous en mettre plus souvent ! j'ai pensé que la 5è serait du thème grammatical bien "méchant" !
Argh..... Grrrrrr.... (just kidding!)

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de lucile83, postée le 17-04-2014 à 17:33:14 (S | E)
Hi there

Didn't you notice you have joined a site with really hard-working people who can manage very well with English? and who are watched by inflexible English teachers and natives?

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de sbgs, postée le 17-04-2014 à 17:48:48 (S | E)
Bring it here4u!!

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de here4u, postée le 17-04-2014 à 20:34:57 (S | E)
Hello all of you !
I've indicated the number of 'wrong' sentences you had, so that you can all have perfect scores !

I'd also like a second suggestion for sentence 4, please .... I was a little disappointed because I thought you were going to rush on it ! Have a wonderful evening !

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de mamou3, postée le 19-04-2014 à 08:22:18 (S | E)
Hello Here4u, hello all of you !

Here are my propositions :

1. This is really a funny-looking little animal.
2. I'm sorry that you were made fun of.
3. The further Tarzan advanced the thicker the jungle became.
4. It's twenty-minutes' walk to the park.
or It's a twenty-minute walk to the park.
5. You ought to have followed your parents' advice.
You should have followed your parents'advice.
6. If I were you I'd talk to her first.
7. Your brother is the worst liar I have ever met.
8. However hard we tried we couldn't find any affordable hotel.
9. Although we knew the village we couldn't find our way.
10. He suggested I phone a friend of mine.
He suggested I should phone a friend of mine.

Thanks a lot for this new one !

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de ariane6, postée le 19-04-2014 à 11:26:50 (S | E)

Hello here4u, thank you for this new test!

1) This little animal really looks funny!
This is really a. funny looking little animal............

2) I’m sorry that they made fun of you.
I’m sorry that you were laughed at ( teased) by them ..........

3) As Tarzan advanced, the jungle became thicker .
The more Tarzan advanced, the thicker the jungle became ...................

4) It takes twenty minutes to walk to the park.
It’s a twenty- minute walk to the park ...
It is twenty minutes' walk to the park................

5) Why didn’t you follow your parents’advice?
You ought to follow your parent's advice...................
You should follow your parent's advice...................

6) I suggest you talk to her first.
If I were you, I would talk to her first....................

7) I’ve never met a worse liar than your brother.
Your brother is the worst liar I have ever met..................

8) We tried very hard, but couldn’t find an affordable hotel.
However hard we tried, we couldn't find an affordable hotel ........................

9) We couldn’t find our way, and yet, we knew the village!
Although we knew the village, we couldn't find our way.......................

10)Why don’t you phone a friend of yours?
He suggested I could phone a friend of mine,
He suggested to him that he could phone a friend of his...................

Happy Easter to you and all who visit the forum today!

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de lucile83, postée le 19-04-2014 à 22:05:35 (S | E)
Hello here4u,

Thanks for this nice exercise. I wrote a few possibilities

1) This little animal really looks funny!
This is a funny-looking little animal really!

2) I’m sorry that they made fun of you.
I’m sorry that you were made fun of.

3) As Tarzan advanced, the jungle became thicker.
The farther Tarzan advanced, the ticker the jungle became.

4) It takes twenty minutes to walk to the park.
It’s a twenty-minute walk to the park.
It’s a twenty minutes’ walk to the park.
It’s a walk that lasts twenty minutes to go to the park.
It’s a park that is twenty minutes far from here on foot.

5) Why didn’t you follow your parents’ advice?
You ought to have followed your parents’ advice.
You should have followed your parents’ advice.

6) I suggest you talk to her first.
If I were you I would talk to her first.
If I could/might I would kindly suggest you talked to her first. (formal)
If I could I would suggest that you possibly talked to her first. (very polite)

7) I’ve never met a worse liar than your brother.
Your brother is the worst liar I have ever met.

8) We tried very hard, but couldn’t find an affordable hotel.
However hard we tried, we couldn’t find an affordable hotel.

9) We couldn’t find our way, and yet, we knew the village!
Although we knew the village, we couldn’t find our way!

10)Why don’t you phone a friend of yours?
He suggested (that) I should phone a friend of mine.
He suggested (that) I phone a friend of mine.

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de debramorgan, postée le 20-04-2014 à 00:03:16 (S | E)
Hello Here4u and thank you for this exercise!

1) This little animal really looks funny!
this is really a funny-looking animal!

2) I'm sorry that they made fun of you.
I'm sorry that you were made fun of.

3) As Tarzan advanced, the jungle became thicker.
The more Tarzan advanced, the more the jungle became thicker.

4) It takes twenty minutes to walk to park.
It's a twenty minutes walk to go from here to the park.

5) Why didn't you follow your parent's advice?
You ought to follow you parent's advice.
You should follow your parent's advice.

6) I suggest you talk to her first.
If I were you, I would talk to her first.

7) I've never met a worse liar than your brother.
Your brother is the worst liar I have ever met.

8) We tried very hard, but couldn't find an affordable hotel.
However hard we tried, we couldn't find an affordable hotel.

9) We couldn't find our way, and yet, we knew the village!
Although we couldn't find our way, we knew the village!

10) Why don't you phone a friend of yours?
He suggested you phone a friend of yours.

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Modifié par debramorgan le 20-04-2014 00:11

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de joe39, postée le 21-04-2014 à 19:19:32 (S | E)
Hello Here4u!
Thank you very much for the nice exercise.
Here is my try.

1) This little animal really looks funny!
This is really a funny animal!
2) I'm sorry that they made fun of you.
I'm sorry that you were made funny by them.
3) As Tarzan advanced, the jungle became thicken.
The Jungle thickened as Tarzan advanced.
4) It takes twenty minutes to walk to the park.
It'a a twenty minutes' walk to get to the park.
5) Why didn't you follow your parents' advice?
You should follow your parents' adwice.
You ought to follow your parents' advice.
6 I suggest you talk to her first.
If I were you I would talk to her first.
7) I've never met a worse liar than your brother.
Your Brother is the worst liar I've ever met.
8) We tried very hard, but couldn't find an affordable hotel.
However hard we tried, we couldn't find any affordable hotel.
9) We couldn't find our way, and yet we knew the village.
Although we knew the village, we couldn't find our way.
Although the village was known by us, we weren't able to find our way.
10)Why don't you phone a friend of yours?
He suggested me to phone a friend of mine.

Happy Easter!
Joe39

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de here4u, postée le 22-04-2014 à 23:59:22 (S | E)
Hello

I'll start sending your individual corrections tomorrow ! (especially for those of you who have modified their texts after being given the number of errors) to all of you for your very good work ...
Four more days before the collective correction ! Still a lot of time to try ...

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de icare29, postée le 24-04-2014 à 21:39:39 (S | E)
Hello Here4u
Here is my work

1- This little anmal really looks funny
This is a funny looking animal ,really.

2-I'm sorry that they made fun of you .
I'm sorry you were made fun by them

3-As Tarzan advanced the jungle became thicker
The jungle was becoming thicker as Tarzan advanced through it with difficulties

4- It takes twenty minutes to walk to the park.
It's a twenty-minute walk to go to the park .

5- Why didn't you follow your parents' advice
You ought to have followed your parents' advice
you should have followed your parents' advice .

6- I suggest you talk to her first.
If I were you , I should talk to her first

7_ I've never met a worse liar than your brother
Your brother is the worst liar that I have ever met

8- We tried very hard , but we couldn't find an affordable hotel.
However hard we tried ; we could never find any affordable hotel
I have hesitated with ; however hard we were trying because long action in the past

9- we couldn't find our way , and yet, we knew the village .
Although we had known the village very well, , we couldn't find our way

10- What don't you phone a friend of yours ?
He suggested I should have phoned to a friend of mine .

Thank you very much here4u for your excellent exercise , I have appreciated it very much
Icare

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Modifié par icare29 le 24-04-2014 22:00

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de here4u, postée le 25-04-2014 à 16:40:23 (S | E)
Hello, all of you !
Gerondif est en vacances (le veinard) et, en bon élève , m'avait envoyé son travail avant son départ ! Bravo !

Here is my try, I don't publish it now.
Gerondif.

1) This little animal really looks funny !
This is really a funny-looking little animal.

2) I'm sorry that they made fun of you ...
I'm sorry that you were made fun of.

3) As Tarzan advanced, the jungle became thicker .
The farther Tarzan advanced, the ticker the jungle became.

4) It takes twenty minutes to walk to the park.
It's a twenty-minute walk to the park.

5) Why didn't you follow your parents'advice ?
You ought to have followed your parents' advice.
You should have followed your parents' advice.

6) I suggest you talk to her first ...
If I were you, I would talk to her first.

7) I've never met a worse liar than your brother ...
Your brother is the worst liar I have ever met.

8) We tried very hard, but couldn't find an affordable hotel ...
However hard we tried, we couldn't/were unable to/find an affordable hotel.

9) We couldn't find our way, and yet, we knew the village !
Although we knew the village, we couldn't /were utterly unable to / find our way.

10)Why don't you phone a friend of yours ?
He suggested I should phone a friend of mine.
He suggested I phoned a friend of mine.

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de here4u, postée le 25-04-2014 à 17:37:54 (S | E)
Hello to all of you !

Thank you for your very good work. I've now almost finished to send the personal corrections. The collective one will be posted tomorrow as planned.
I'm now opening a new thread : Reformulations 4
Have a good (sunny ?) weekend !

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de ng, postée le 26-04-2014 à 18:58:21 (S | E)
Hello Here4u,

Here's my try... I hope it's not too late!

1) This is really a funny looking little animal!
2) I’m sorry that you were made fun of.
3) The more Tarzan advanced, the thicker the jungle became.
4) It’s a twenty-minute walk to go to the park.
5) You ought to have followed your parents' advice!
5) You should have followed your parents' advice!
6) If I were you, I'd talk to her first.
7) Your brother is the worst liar I've ever met.
8) However hard we tried, we didn't manage to find an affordable hotel.
9) Although we knew the village, we weren't able to find our way!
10) He suggested I phone a friend of mine.

Thanks a lot for the exercise !

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de here4u, postée le 26-04-2014 à 20:16:55 (S | E)
Ouch ! I was posting the collective correction ... Thanks for your work, ng !

I'll wait a few more hours before posting ... you never know ! After all, the 26 th will last four more hours !

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de sanna6, postée le 26-04-2014 à 23:34:55 (S | E)
Hello

Some problem with my connection !

1)This little animal really looks funny!
This is really a funny little animal !

2) I'm sorry that they made fun of you.
I'm sorry that you made fun by them.

3) As Tarzan advanced, the jungle became thicker .
The jungle became thicker as Tarzan advanced.

4) It takes twenty minutes to walk to the park.
It's a twenty-minute walk to go to the park.

5) Why didn't you follow your parents'advice ?
You ought to have followed your parents'advice.
You should have followed your parent's advice.

6) I suggest you talk to her first.
If I suggest that you talk to her first.

7) I've never met a worse liar than your brother.
Your brother is the worst liar than I've ever met.

8) We tried very hard, but couldn't find an affordable hotel.
However we tried to find an affordable hotel, we couldn't.

9) We couldn't find our way, and yet, we knew the village!
Although we knew the village, we could'nt find our way !

10)Why don't you phone a friend of yours?
He suggested you phone to a friend of yours.

Merci beaucoup pour cet exercice

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de here4u, postée le 26-04-2014 à 23:54:38 (S | E)
Sanna ! Good ! You did it ! You're lucky I have delayed my posting ... Now, I'm going to be a little late ! Thanks to you ! I'm sure that's well worth it !
Have a wonderful Sunday !

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de here4u, postée le 27-04-2014 à 00:22:37 (S | E)
Well ! Here I am again ... It will take me time to post this correction ...
I want to thank all of You You have worked very seriously, (I know that some of you did work a lot !)and devoted some of your time to this exercise. Your messages tell me that you like them ... I'm quite happy about that!

As this is ‘grammar’, I tried to stick as close as possible to the ‘norm’ (taught over here), which may not be what everybody would normally say everyday everywhere … We all know that ! Yet, this is what’s safe if you take an exam or even more our dreadful ‘competitive exams’. I’ll also remind you that English is spoken all over the world, not only in GB and the US, but also in Africa and Australia, India and many other places … Hey, Master, where are the other flags ?

1) This little animal really looks funny!
This is really a funny-looking little animal. (adjectif composé à sens actif : it looks funny. Beaucoup d’entre vous ont oublié ‘little’. )

2) I’m sorry that they made fun of you.
I’m sorry that you were made fun of. (passif avec rejet de la particule après le verbe :to make fun of sby = entité indissociable)(l’auxiliaire être est au passé car ‘made’ était du prétérit et pas, par exemple du present perfect : au passif, le temps doit être conservé.)

3) As Tarzan advanced, the jungle became thicker .
The more /farther/further Tarzan advanced, the thicker the jungle became. = progression parallèle : the more … the more . Si l’on veut employer ‘far’ (qui a 2 comparatifs,’ en théorie, farther’ = distance concrète, ‘further’ =distance abstraite) Attention à la place du verbe ( rejeté en fin de phrase), dans la 2ème proposition. Paradoxalement, ce sont nos amis qui semblent respecter le plus la distinction entre 'farther/further' (qui n'est pas une règle, mais un usage) et qui est cependant dans toute bonne grammaire ...

4) It takes twenty minutes to walk to the park.
It’s a twenty-minute walk to the park. = adjective composé. Tous les termes de l’adjectif restent invariables.
It’s a twenty minutes’ walk to the park. = génitif (cas possessif) de durée.

5) Why didn’t you follow your parents’advice? (BrE?) et m’a été déclaré correct en AmE, aussi, la forme ‘the advice of my parents’ serait 'formelle'. La forme ‘the … of ….’ au lieu de l’apostrophe étant acceptée et même obligatoire dans les deux formes d’anglais quand le possesseur (ou l’objet possédé) n’est pas ‘simple’: ex: ‘the advice of my fun-loving, wise, experienced parents,’.Hardly the case here …

You ought to have followed your parents’advice- Attention, le temps de la première phrase était au passé
You should have followed your parents’ advice (idem).
Avec du présent, ‘You don’t follow …. ‘ vous auriez ‘you ought to follow’ ou ‘you should follow’ …

6) I suggest you talk to her first.
If I were you, I’d talk to her first. (Irréel du présent. En théorie encore réalisable, sauf avec ‘you’, bien sûr! Le prétérit modal indique l’irréel. Celui de 'BE' est 'WERE' à toutes les personnes.

7) I’ve never met a worse liar than your brother.
Your brother is the worst liar I’ve ever met. (bad => comparative = worse … than => superlative = the worst)

8) We tried very hard, but couldn’t find an affordable hotel.
However hard we tried, we couldn’t find an affordable hotel. However + adjectif = aussi …. que (déjà vu dans une Reformulation précédente!) C’est pourquoi j’espérais aussi en plus:
No matter how hard we tried, we couldn’t find an affordable hotel. Personne ne me l’a proposé! :0( mais ça ne commençait pas par 'However' ...

9) We couldn’t find our way, and yet, we knew the village!
Although we knew the village, we couldn’t find our way. Although = bien que.; and yet = cependant.

10)Why don’t you phone a friend of yours? => I suggest (that)you /he phone (subjunctive) a friend of mine.mais certains et ne seraient pas gênés par l'indicatif ...
He suggested I should phone a friend of mine.C'est la forme qui fait l'unanimité ! 'the safe one' ! Stick to it !
Ou (2) He suggested (that) I phoned a friend of mine (la forme 2 paradoxalement, m'a été donnée par plus que de ...
Voilà ! Bon dimanche à tous ! Bravo pour votre travail. Je sais que plusieurs d'entre vous ont déjà posté le R4 ...
Voulez-vous me tuer ?

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de sanna6, postée le 27-04-2014 à 00:27:10 (S | E)
...I hope you won't be too late !

Thank you so much for all! have a wonderful Sunday too

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de lakata, postée le 27-04-2014 à 09:09:09 (S | E)
here4u pour cette correction collective et, bien sûr, pour celle que tu m'as envoyée !

Oui, j'ai déjà posté sur "Reformulations 4". Non, je ne me sens animée d'aucune intention meurtrière à ton égard. Du moins, pas pour l'instant...

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de lucile83, postée le 27-04-2014 à 09:32:15 (S | E)
Thank you for your exercises. They are nice training and entertainment.
Have a pleasant Sunday

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de lemagemasque, postée le 28-04-2014 à 13:49:27 (S | E)
Hello!

Détail mais c'est bien "a twenty-minute walk" et non "a twenty-minute-walk" !

Quant à "a twenty minutes' walk", la plupart affirment que c'est "twenty minutes' walk" à cause du pluriel. Rares sont ceux qui disent que "a twenty minutes' walk" est correct.
En tout cas, "a twenty-minute walk" est le plus courant.

See you!

Réponse: Exercice/Reformulations 3 de here4u, postée le 28-04-2014 à 19:55:02 (S | E)
Hello lemage !
Thank you for spotting out ~~the~~forgotten typo !
I do think you should work on these exercises ... like you alter ego and friend ! He's doing a great job !
Quant au génitif (cas possessif de durée), il est très correct ... et ce n'est pas parce que des ignorants pourraient penser que l'on fait une faute qu'il faut s'en passer ... (C'est comme les "soucis pécuniaires" qui deviennent ~~"pécuniers"~~ pour beaucoup en français ! Tant pis (pour eux!)...
Have a wonderful evening ... Take care !

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