📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 26 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 6 · Le pont vers C1
Le registre soutenu — première rencontre
Module 10 of the free French course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 26 of 30: . On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 26.
The words
French
English
Say it
le registre
the register (level of language)
luh ruh-ZHEESTR
courant
everyday (register)
koo-RAH(n)
il est crevé
he is wiped out
eel eh kruh-VAY
il est épuisé
he is exhausted
eel eh tay-pwee-ZAY
choisir son niveau
to choose one's level
shwah-zeer soh(n) nee-VOH
la première rencontre
the first encounter
lah pruh-myehr rah(n)-KOH(n)TR
convenir au moment
to suit the moment
koh(n)v-neer oh moh-MAH(n)
relevé
elevated
ruhl-VAY
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Hear the words
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
La règle · The rule
The level above you is not more vocabulary so much as CHOICE. The same idea comes in three registers: familier (il est crevé), courant (il est très fatigué), soutenu (il est épuisé).
Et aussi · And also
You already own the middle one. C1 adds the other two, and — more importantly — the judgment about which one a moment deserves. This unit is the first sight of it, not the lesson itself.
Attention · Watch out
il est crevé (familier), il est très fatigué (courant), il est épuisé (soutenu): one idea, three registers. You own the middle one; the other two are recognized here, not yet drilled.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with le registre.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 26 in Module 10 are the written half of this page.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.