French language Q&A Forum

In the sentence:

You threw away the shoe with the broken heel

Would the following be an acceptable translation, instead of using as in the example?

Tu as jeté la chaussure avec le talon cassé .

"In the Languedoc region" was translated as "dans le Launguedoc".  I followed this example to translate "in the Gironde region" but it was marked wrong and the correct translation provided was "en Gironde".  In some cases a name is used with an article - as above, for example, or also in this exercise "la presqu'ile du Medoc" but "la plage.. de Port-Leucate".  Are there rules about how to refer to different places? Thank you.

My dictionary defines "rayon" as a department within a store, not as an aisle (which it translates as "allée")

My answer was, "de deux heures a..." which was marked correct. (Sorry can't do the accents here.)

Shouldn't this have read, "Ce magasin est fermé de quatorze heures a quatorze heures trente." ? 

Or: "Ce magasin est fermé de deux heures a deux heures et demie de l'apres-midi."?

These formats would have distinguished the time as being in the afternoon, not the early morning hours. Is the reason that they were not used because one can assume that a shop would be open during the daytime, not the wee hours of the morning? And, if that is true, is it common not to be specific unless absolutely necessary?

Could "du coin" substitute for "local" in the context of a local newspaper? 

Aussi, je voudrais offrir une suggestion. Je propose d'ajouter le mot, feuilletons,, à la liste de vocabulaire.  Merci!

My dictionary gave me two choices: de plus and en plus.  Qui plus est was not even a choice.  I always seem to make the wrong choice.  Can someone explain the nuances of the translation of besides?

1. "je ferais régulièrement du sport" --> I thought "régulièrement" would go at the end of the sentence, or at least the expression "faire du sport"? I remember this lesson saying that sometimes adverbs ending in -ment go at the beginning or end of a sentence? Position of French Adverbs - with compound tenses

2. I translated "Getting informed" as "se renseigner." What's the difference between this and "s'informer"?

I have lots of questions 

First what's the use of this level test