Courrieller? Sorry, what?
A new word I came across in a message from the College of Immigration Consultants. I sat there reading it, trying to understand what I had done to the College. Had I “courrielled” them?
Alena Kopalina
Useful vocabulary
Articles by Alena Kopalina: Useful vocabulary.
Enregistrer or inscrire
Two verbs that confuse many learners. The reason is that the Russian equivalents of ‘to register’ and ‘to record’ can often be used interchangeably.
À la campagne or en campagne
One TCF speaking prompt is: Est-il plus agréable de vivre en ville ou à la campagne? Here, ‘à la campagne’ means…
The tricky verb compléter
My Canadian students — and, as I discovered yesterday, not only them — keep wanting to use compléter to mean effectuer, faire, exécuter, réaliser or accomplir.
Useful vocabulary about money
Here is a list of useful expressions about money and budgeting for the speaking and writing sections of the TEF/TCF exams.