Put your French vocabulary to the test with this crossword focused on frequent collocations — the natural word combinations that make your French sound truly fluent. At B2 level, mastering these pairings is essential for both written and spoken expression. Can you find the right verb, noun, or adjective that completes each classic French pairing?
Grid
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Clues
Across
- 1. To enrich one's vocabulary
- 6. To be able to
- 9. Twilight, dusk at day's end
- 10. To find
- 11. Soon
Down
- 2. Usually, as a common practice
- 3. A combination of words used together
- 4. Frequently, occurring often
- 5. To want
- 7. To build or form a sentence
- 8. The grammatical form of a phrase
Answers
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Across
- 1. To enrich one's vocabulary → enrichir
- 6. To be able to → pouvoir
- 9. Twilight, dusk at day's end → crepuscule
- 10. To find → trouver
- 11. Soon → bientot
Down
- 2. Usually, as a common practice → habituellement
- 3. A combination of words used together → combinaison
- 4. Frequently, occurring often → frequemment
- 5. To want → vouloir
- 7. To build or form a sentence → construire
- 8. The grammatical form of a phrase → structure
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