Put your French to the ultimate test with this C1-level crossword focused on implicit meaning — the art of understanding what is left unsaid. From subtle connotations to cultural undertones and idiomatic nuance, these clues will challenge you to read between the lines and think like a native French speaker.
Horizontalement
- 2. To call
- 8. Indirect speech used out of courtesy
- 9. Indirect suggestion or hint
- 10. Indirect reference to something
- 11. Explanation of hidden meaning
- 12. Indirect proposal or hint
Verticalement
- 1. To want or wish something
- 1. Verb meaning 'to want'
- 1. To want, irregular French verb
- 1. To want or to wish something
- 1. To want
- 1. To want
- 3. To be able to, modal verb
- 3. To be able
- 3. To be able to do something
- 3. To be able to
- 3. To be able to do something
- 3. Verb meaning 'to be able to'
- 4. Implied meaning not directly expressed
- 5. Figure of speech with hidden comparison
- 6. Secondary meaning of a word or phrase
- 7. Something implied but not stated
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