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Une position méritée
Module 15 of the free French course (CEFR C2 mastery — the capstone), lesson 6 of 30: . On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 6.
The words
French
English
Say it
la position méritée
the earned position
lah poh-zee-syoh(n) may-ree-TAY
arriver à une conclusion
to arrive at a conclusion
ah-ree-vay ah ewn koh(n)-klew-ZYOH(n)
la réponse évidente
the obvious answer
lah ray-poh(n)s ay-vee-DAH(n)T
pas tout à fait
not quite
pah too tah FEH
montrer le chemin parcouru
to show the ground covered
moh(n)-tray luh shuh-ma(n) pahr-koo-REW
l'article d'opinionmasculine — the article elides to l'
the opinion column
lahr-teekl doh-pee-NYOH(n)
finir ailleurs
to end up elsewhere
fee-neer ah-YUHR
honnête
honest
oh-NEHT
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
A C2 point of view is not the one you held before reading. Write the position you arrive at, and let the essay show the arriving — that is what distinguishes it from an opinion piece.
Et aussi · And also
Practically: state the obvious answer in the introduction, and spend the essay explaining why it is not quite the answer. Ending somewhere you did not start is the whole form.
Attention · Watch out
State the obvious answer in the introduction and spend the essay showing why it is not quite the answer — finir ailleurs is the point. pas tout à fait means not quite, never not at all (that is pas du tout).
soutenir — the table
je soutiens · tu soutiens · il/elle soutient · nous soutenons · vous soutenez · ils/elles soutiennent
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with la position méritée.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out soutenir in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
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.