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un récit de vie / le parcours
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a life story / (life) journey, path
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un souvenir d'enfance
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a childhood memory
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un tournant / un point de bascule
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a turning point
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un jour qui a tout changé
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a day that changed everything
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un rêve / une ambition
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a dream / an ambition
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réaliser son rêve
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to make one's dream come true
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surmonter une difficulté / un obstacle
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to overcome a difficulty / an obstacle
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oser (faire quelque chose)
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to dare (to do something)
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s'imposer dans un milieu (masculin)
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to make one's mark in a (male) field
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être fier / fière de
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to be proud of
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How do you narrate a past life story in French?
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Imparfait for the setting/feelings (« j'étais », « je rêvais ») + passé composé for the key events (« j'ai vu », « tout a changé »).
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How do you introduce an opinion in French?
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À mon avis… / De mon point de vue… / Il me semble que…
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In « Vrai/Faux + justifiez », what earns the mark?
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BOTH the correct Vrai/Faux AND the exact words quoted FROM the text that prove it — the tick alone scores zero.
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Name the three Paper 1 criteria.
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A Language (12), B Message (12), C Conceptual understanding (6).
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