From the opening to the question you have no answer to.
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From these 35 words, as many per round as you like — up to all of them: first what is due today, then new ones. First you choose, then you fill the gap, then you write it yourself. Mistakes come back again shortly.
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La séance de questions is the part of the programme where the audience gets to speak, and the word in the middle of it is one English borrowed and then buried. Une séance is simply a sitting: the stretch of time during which a set of people are seated together doing one thing. A court holds one, a committee holds one, a cinema holds one — la séance de vingt heures is the eight o’clock showing — and so does a physiotherapist, une séance de kiné. The set phrase séance tenante, which means on the spot, is literally with the sitting still being held. English took the word in the nineteenth century, kept the accent on it, and handed it to the spiritualists: « a seance » is a gathering held in order to speak to the dead, and it is used for almost nothing else. That is the whole of the trap. The French word covers every occasion on which people sit down together for a purpose, and the English one has kept exactly one of them, the strangest.
The words
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Verb (1)
exposerto set out a subjectVerbC1
Elle expose la question en quelques minutes.She sets out the question in a few minutes.
Phrase (8)
annoncer le planto announce the outlinePhraseC1
Il annonce le plan avant d’entrer dans le détail.He announces the outline before going into detail.
accueillir une questionto take a questionPhraseC1
Il accueille la question sans se défendre.He takes the question without defending himself.
renvoyer une question à la finto hold a question until the endPhraseC1
Elle renvoie la question à la fin de l’exposé.She holds the question until the end of the talk.
regarder la salleto look at the audiencePhraseC1
Il regarde la salle plutôt que ses notes.He looks at the audience rather than at his notes.
parler à l’écranto talk to the screenPhraseC1
Il parle à l’écran et tourne le dos aux gens.He talks to the screen and turns his back on people.
se tourner vers la salleto turn to the roomPhraseC1
Elle se tourne vers la salle avant de répondre.She turns to the room before answering.
dépasser le temps impartito overrun the time allowedPhraseC1
Il dépasse le temps imparti et perd la salle.He overruns the time allowed and loses the room.
passer la parole àto hand over toPhraseC1
Elle passe la parole à sa collègue.She hands over to her colleague.
