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Playing and Working with words/ 80
Message de here4u posté le 10-09-2026 à 21:55:57 (S | E | F)
Hello dear Friends!

Voici votre nouveau casse-tête favori !
Quelques jours de retard cette fois ! Désolée ! Icare doit piaffer d'impatience...
Réfléchissez-bien et construisez votre phrase sans hâte...

Tout le monde peut réfléchir et faire marcher ses neurones même si le monde est très " animé " autour de nous et si les préoccupations générales ne sont pas vraiment à " se poser et réfléchir "!
Je vous rappelle que cet exercice a des règles qui doivent être respectées. Lisez-les bien si vous ne les connaissez pas ! Ce travail est loin d'être un jeu... mais il peut être très ludique... Il vous laisse également toute liberté de choisir votre thème !

Using THE 8 WORDS given below (the 2 verbs can be put in whatever tenses or forms you fancy but MUST remain verbs!), 2 adjectives or adverbs, 2 nouns and 2 link words, + a given structure and the suitable punctuation, search your minds, think hard and create AN ONLY meaningful SENTENCE. " Easy", isn't it? (In fact, it's more easily said than done and advanced learners or natives can step in if they wish to!! )

- You CANNOT change the nature of the words!
- You CANNOT use two or more compulsory words consecutively!

PLEASE, WHEN YOU WRITE YOUR SENTENCE, PUT CAPITALS TO THE GIVEN WORDS! [and specify the number of words at the end.]

Je vous rappelle qu'« une phrase », une seule, se termine par un point [final, d'exclamation ou d'interrogation], peut avoir de la ponctuation interne ",/; /:/ [...], et qu'elle doit avant tout avoir un sens. (Il ne doit y avoir qu'UN SEUL POINT dans votre phrase - à la fin.) Le but ultime est de faire une seule phrase complexe, mais courte... Je le répète : elle doit avoir un sens et sa logique interne !
Cet exercice est TRES difficile, c'est pourquoi il demande beaucoup de réflexion, d'attention, de rigueur aussi dans l'application des règles. Vous ne devez le poster QU'UNE FOIS avant correction (ne faire qu'un seul exemplaire, mais vous pouvez éditer votre production en m'indiquant le changement auparavant !)

L'objectif raisonnable est de 60 mots. Cependant, je sais que votre objectif à vous, passionnés des défis difficiles, est souvent de 40 mots. I'm sure you'll have inspiration...

Here are the words :

- To SAVE - To RIDE - a STROKE - a SOB - CROWDED - INTREPID - ALTHOUGH - THROUGH - et un des mots voisins du test suivant (test 2):
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Corrections récapitulées en fin de mois de septembre.
C'est parti pour une " très jolie phrase correcte et courte !" Go for it! Courage ! The FORCE is with You. ☀️ ☀️

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de gerold, postée le 14-09-2026 à 16:31:51 (S | E)
Hello!

"Check your saddle before going for a ride"

By a STROKE of luck, a man, who had fled the CROWDED cities, heard the SOBS of a lady, who had fallen because of a LOOSE saddle when RIDING her INTREPID horse THROUGH the forest, and could SAVE her ALTHOUGH she was hidden by bushes. (ca. 45 words)

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de here4u, postée le 14-09-2026 à 21:36:53 (S | E)
Hello!

Excellent, gerold! Well done!

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de icare29, postée le 16-09-2026 à 10:21:41 (S | E)
Hello everybody........here is my proposal

To SAVE - To RIDE - a STROKE - a SOB - CROWDED - INTREPID - ALTHOUGH - THROUGH - et un des mots voisins du test suivant (test 2):
Lien internet

At the Longchamp racecourse......

A wealthy horse race owner was watching the racetrack from the CROWDED stands , ALTHOUGH visibility was poor ,as his horse was RIDING by an INTREPID jockey who SAVED the horse strength THROUGH the arrival ,by a STROKE of luck, the horse finally won; after receiving his PRIZE the owner let out a SOB ...
45 words

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de here4u, postée le 16-09-2026 à 21:50:08 (S | E)
Hello gerold!

Thanks for your work!

At the Longchamp racecourse...

A wealthy horse race owner was watching the racetrack from the CROWDED stands , ALTHOUGH visibility was poor ,as his horse was RIDING by an INTREPID jockey who SAVED the horse strength THROUGH the arrival ,by a STROKE of luck, the horse finally won; after receiving his PRIZE the owner let out a SOB ...
45 words

I'm sure you'll correct that in a jiffy!

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de icare29, postée le 17-09-2026 à 09:15:46 (S | E)
Hello Here

je propose les corrections suivantes au lieu de horse race mettre racehorse et au lieu de was riding mette was ridden

At the Longchamp racecourse...

A wealthy racehorse owner was watching the racetrack from the CROWDED stands , ALTHOUGH visibility was poor ,as his horse was RIDDEN by an INTREPID jockey who SAVED the horse strength THROUGH the arrival ,by a STROKE of luck, the horse finally won; after receiving his PRIZE the owner let out a SOB ...
47 words

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de here4u, postée le 17-09-2026 à 22:20:31 (S | E)
Hello!

Oups! 'the horse strength ' me gêne aussi... [ c'est la force du cheval ! Tu connais plusieurs structures pour exprimer ceci;;.]

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de icare29, postée le 18-09-2026 à 10:17:53 (S | E)
hello here
je peux proposer ceci à la place de saved horse strength :saved horse effort
que je traduis par qui économisa l'effort du cheval et non la force du cheval
have a good day

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de here4u, postée le 18-09-2026 à 10:39:53 (S | E)
Hello Icare,

Comme toi, je préfère "effort" à "strength", mais il n'en demeure pas moins que tu utilises toujours la même construction : effort du cheval/ force du cheval... et qu'en anglais, tu dois ici utiliser une construction que tu connais parfaitement ... Allez...!!

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de happynutmeg13, postée le 18-09-2026 à 18:40:38 (S | E)
Hello all!

My sentence:

'A sad story'

It was hard to suppress SOBS as I heard how, ALTHOUGH he HAD RIDDEN his bicycle with such velocity THROUGH the CROWDED streets, the INTREPID doctor was QUITE unable to SAVE his beloved wife from her STROKE. 37 words

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de here4u, postée le 18-09-2026 à 22:59:10 (S | E)
Hello Happynutmeg!

Let's read your sentence...

'A sad story'

It was hard to suppress SOBS as I heard how, ALTHOUGH he HAD RIDDEN his bicycle with such velocity THROUGH the CROWDED streets, the INTREPID doctor was QUITE unable to SAVE his beloved wife from her STROKE. 37 words

Très bonne phrase, mais je dois avouer que je n'aime pas trop 'to suppress sobs'... Je suis certaine que tu peux trouver mieux...

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de happynutmeg13, postée le 19-09-2026 à 09:23:31 (S | E)
Hello!

What about this?

It was hard to ~~suppress~~ contain my SOBS as I heard how, ALTHOUGH he HAD RIDDEN his bicycle with such velocity THROUGH the CROWDED streets, the INTREPID doctor was QUITE unable to SAVE his beloved wife from her STROKE. 38 words

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de here4u, postée le 19-09-2026 à 11:55:20 (S | E)
PARFAIT!

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de icare29, postée le 20-09-2026 à 10:12:19 (S | E)
hello Here

j'ai corrigé ma phrase en utilisant une structure causative .

A wealthy racehorse owner was watching the racetrack from the CROWDED stands , ALTHOUGH visibility was poor ,as his horse was RIDDEN by an INTREPID jockey who made the horse save its effort THROUGH the arrival ,by a STROKE of luck, the horse finally won; after receiving his PRIZE the owner let out a SOB ...
47 words

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de mad14, postée le 26-09-2026 à 12:22:09 (S | E)
Hello Here4u and students: exercise 80

ALTHOUGH our car is free we decided THROUGH the city RIDING to arrive on the STROKE to the stadium which will be QUITE CROWDED; midway my INTREPID son said with a SOB that his legs hurt and didn't want to RIDE anymore...(43 words)

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de here4u, postée le 29-09-2026 à 10:18:18 (S | E)
Hello!

C'est parfait, maintenant, Icare. Bravo!

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de mad14, postée le 26-09-2026 à 12:22:09 (S | E)
Hello Here4u and students: exercise 80

ALTHOUGH our car is/was (tense agreement) free we decided THROUGH the city RIDING to arrive on the STROKE to the stadium which will be QUITE CROWDED; midway my INTREPID son said with a SOB that his legs hurt and XX didn't want to RIDE anymore...(43 words)

Revoyons ce long segment de phrase :
we decided THROUGH the city RIDING to arrive on the STROKE to the stadium

Don't forget to give your sentence a title.

Ici, l'ordre des mots est tout à fait fantaisiste...

D'abord, le plus souvent: to decide to do something.
Puis l'ordre des mots est COD (we decided what?) puis, les différents compléments COI (il n'y en a pas ! ),puis les compléments circonstanciels (lieu puis temps -...)

Puis: ON THE STROKE... est une expression:
at the stroke of [sth],
on the stroke of [sth] prep (at exactly: a given hour) (heure) tapant, sonnant adj, il faudrait donc une précision temporelle derrière... Un petit ajustement sera nécessaire si tu perds 'stadium' comme antécédent. Ceci sera fait facilement...

Allez, courage, mad ! You can do it!

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de mad14, postée le 29-09-2026 à 19:05:47 (S | E)
Hello merci pour tes commentaires je te propose en titre" Disrupted outing" et ma phrase revue!

ALTHOUGH our car was free, to SAVE time, we decided to ride THROUGH the CROWDED city and arrive at the STROKE of 5 p.m; midway my INTREPID son said with a SOB that his legs hurt and he didn't want to RIDE anymore.

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de here4u, postée le 30-09-2026 à 10:52:39 (S | E)
PARFAIT, mad !

Réponse : Playing and Working with words/ 80 de here4u, postée le 30-09-2026 à 16:20:05 (S | E)
Hello dears,

Voici vos phrases corrigées par vous-mêmes et récapitulées.

- Check your saddle before going for a ride.

By a STROKE of luck, a man, who had fled the CROWDED cities, heard the SOBS of a lady who
had fallen because of a LOOSE saddle when RIDING her INTREPID horse THROUGH the forest;
he could SAVE her ALTHOUGH she was hidden by bushes. (45 words)

- At the Longchamp racecourse...

A wealthy racehorse owner was watching the racetrack from the CROWDED stands; ALTHOUGH
visibility was poor, as his horse was RIDDEN by an INTREPID jockey who made the horse
save its effort THROUGH the arrival, by a STROKE of luck, the horse finally won; after
receiving his PRIZE the owner let out a SOB... (47 words)

- A sad story.

It was hard to contain my SOBS as I heard how, ALTHOUGH he HAD RIDDEN his bicycle with
such velocity THROUGH the CROWDED streets, the INTREPID doctor was QUITE unable to SAVE
his beloved wife from her STROKE. (38 words)

- A Disrupted outing.

ALTHOUGH our car was free, to SAVE time, we decided to ride THROUGH the CROWDED city
and arrive at the STROKE of 5; midway, my INTREPID son said with a SOB that his legs
hurt and he didn't want to RIDE anymore. (43 words)

Un grand BRAVO à vous et merci d'avoir montré, par l'exemple,
qu'un même mot peut avoir plusieurs sens très différents.

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