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Well, so it's true: You do learn something new every day! And for me, it's the expression, "Ouistiti" !

I had looked up "Say cheese", (in both Collins and the Larousse), and found only "Souriez" ! 

I wrote "Souriez", which was marked wrong. Maybe, I should have written, "Souris" ! the second person imperative, instead of the formal/plural imperative?

Even when I search 'ouistiti' I can only find that it means 'marmoset', ("un petit singe arboricole d'Amerique tropicale et aux fortes griffes") Also that the expression, "Un drole de ouistiti" means " a bit of a weirdo" ("une personne bizarre"). Does anyone know the origin of the expression, "Ouistiti"?

Merci a tous et bonne continuation !

I don't understand the construction of " j'avais des démangeaisons ".  What is the role of "des"?  It looks like a preposition between an auxiliary verb and a main verb.  Or is "démangeaisons " a noun?  It certainly looks like a verb.  Thanks for any help.

This is the first B2 listening exercise that I have transcribed perfectly.  Thanks for so many interesting dictées which keep me interested and motivated.

I have seen the phrase avoir à a couple times, and I was wondering how it differs from il faut and devoir - is it a less formal version of both of them, a more informal iteration of only one, or is it a completely different idea that it expresses

Il remporte un succés immédiat auprès du public. This sentence is translated to 

Where is the past tense coming from why is the original not in passé composé? 

C'est le vin le plus sec que l'on puisse trouver. À quoi se réfère le pronoun l'?

Hello, why is it:

Mon village favori ?

and

Mon village préféré?

Its not spoken about the past? And if, why "favori"?

hi, why "L'année prochaine" is femenine in the example:

L'année prochaine, il commence l'université.

What the best way to say "I will not go" in French

The pronunciation of ‘paysage’ was too difficult, I could not recognise it. Otherwise I did Ok.