📖LearnModule 15 · Lesson 9 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C2 mastery — the capstoneUnit 2 · Le point de vue argumenté
La conclusion qui engage
Module 15 of the free French course (CEFR C2 mastery — the capstone), lesson 9 of 30: A C2 conclusion answers, then commits. 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 9.
The words
French
English
Say it
engager
to commit
ah(n)-gah-ZHAY
la question reste ouverte
the question remains open
lah kehs-tyoh(n) rehst oo-VEHRT
ce qui en découle
what follows from it
suh kee ah(n) day-KOOL
découler de
to follow from
day-koo-LAY duh
trois phrases suffisent
three sentences are enough
trwah frahz sew-FEEZ
une de trop
one too many
ewn duh TROH
ne rien décider
to decide nothing
nuh rya(n) day-see-DAY
net
clean-cut
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 conclusion answers, then commits. Not "the question remains open" — that is what a candidate writes when the essay has not decided anything.
Et aussi · And also
Answer in one sentence. Say what follows from the answer in a second. Open outward in a third, and stop. Three sentences is enough, and four is usually one too many.
Attention · Watch out
Never end on la question reste ouverte — it says the essay decided nothing. Three sentences: the answer, what follows from it (ce qui en découle), one step outward. découler takes de: cela découle de la première partie.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with engager.
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 9 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.