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How well do you know the different levels of language in French? From formal administrative prose to the most colourful argot, French is rich in stylistic variation. This crossword will challenge your knowledge of linguistic registers — soutenu, courant and familier — and the vocabulary used to describe and analyse them.
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Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 3. To be able to
- 5. Twilight, dusk at day's end
- 7. Common speech of working-class people
- 8. Language used in literary works
- 10. Official formal administrative language
- 11. Art of speaking with great skill
Down
- 1. To want
- 2. Work or effort put into a project
- 4. Language used in scientific contexts
- 6. A phrase conveying an idea or feeling
- 9. Sometimes
Answers
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Across
- 3. To be able to → pouvoir
- 5. Twilight, dusk at day's end → crepuscule
- 7. Common speech of working-class people → populaire
- 8. Language used in literary works → litteraire
- 10. Official formal administrative language → administratif
- 11. Art of speaking with great skill → eloquence
Down
- 1. To want → vouloir
- 2. Work or effort put into a project → travail
- 4. Language used in scientific contexts → scientifique
- 6. A phrase conveying an idea or feeling → expression
- 9. Sometimes → parfois
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