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Le temps qui passe
Module 15 of the free French course (CEFR C2 mastery — the capstone), lesson 14 of 30: Timing is a skill and it is practiced, not hoped for. 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 14.
The words
French
English
Say it
aux deux tiers
at the two-thirds mark
oh duh TYEHR
couper un exemple
to cut an example
koo-pay uh(n) neg-ZAH(n)PL
couper
to cut
koo-PAY
le minutage
the timing
luh mee-new-TAHZH
pardonnable
forgivable
pahr-doh-NAHBL
le barème
the mark scheme
luh bah-REHM
sans fin
with no ending
sah(n) FA(n)
répété
rehearsed
ray-pay-TAY
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
Timing is a skill and it is practiced, not hoped for. Mark your notes at the two-thirds point; if you are not there when two-thirds of the time has gone, cut an example, never the conclusion.
Et aussi · And also
The commonest failure in a timed presentation is a full argument with no ending. An incomplete middle is forgivable; a missing conclusion is what the mark scheme punishes.
Attention · Watch out
Mark the two-thirds point in your notes (aux deux tiers) and cut an example if you are not there yet. A missing conclusion is what le barème, the mark scheme, punishes; an incomplete middle is forgivable.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with aux deux tiers.
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 14 in Module 15 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.