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Put your mastery of French to the ultimate test with this challenging crossword dedicated to metaphors and imagery. From poetic figures of speech to vivid literary expressions, this puzzle explores the richness of French figurative language at its most sophisticated level. Can you navigate the labyrinth of langue imagée and emerge victorious?
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 1. To put
- 2. To pass or spend time
- 5. To break
- 8. likening one thing to another
- 10. speech or word
- 12. To call
- 13. Often
- 14. Dark and without much light
Down
- 1. To die
- 3. use of symbols to represent ideas
- 4. misuse or extension of a word
- 6. absent person given a voice
- 7. mild word replacing harsh term
- 9. Soon
- 11. Never
Answers
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Across
- 1. To put → mettre
- 2. To pass or spend time → passer
- 5. To break → rompre
- 8. likening one thing to another → comparaison
- 10. speech or word → parole
- 12. To call → appeler
- 13. Often → souvent
- 14. Dark and without much light → sombre
Down
- 1. To die → mourir
- 3. use of symbols to represent ideas → symbolisme
- 4. misuse or extension of a word → catachresis
- 6. absent person given a voice → prosopopee
- 7. mild word replacing harsh term → euphemisme
- 9. Soon → bientot
- 11. Never → jamais
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