8/11/2019 Entre 7 Et 8 Complaints
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Complaint at the restaurant.
Grammar:
too, too much, too many (traduction de 'trop' en anglais)
not enough (traduction de 'pas assez')
Past simple
Offering help "'ll loo! into it"
hae a complaint to ma!e.#our pizza is $ust too salty.
'm sorry to say this %ut your food is inedi%le. &ant to
spea! to the chef.
he portion is too large small.
*cuse me + y meal is ....
%urnt +
Oer salted too salty
too spicy too hot
undercoo!ed
oercoo!ed
cold
not freshdisgusting
Could you ta!e care of it, please-
&ould li!e a ne& helping.
am not paying for this.
&ant to choose a different dish.
dont &ant anything else.
Positie response to complaints:
'm so sorry, %ut this &ill neer occur happen again.
'm sorry, &e promise neer to do the same mista!e again.
'm really sorry/ &e'll do our utmost%est not to do the same
mista!e again.
0egatie response to complaints:
1orry there is nothing &e can do a%out it.
'm afraid, there isn't much &e can do a%out it.
2e are sorry %ut the food is $ust alright.
oo much, too many, toot's too hot.
3on't eat too much +
hae too much &or!.
here are too many people.
4o& to translate "trop" in nglish- 5y using ' too much' 6
'too many' 6 'too'
too much + Nsing(nom au singulier)
too many + Nplur
5e careful: sometimes, the nouns are not e*plicite, %ut
implicite. hey are not e*pressed. (Attention,
parfois, les noms ne sont pas exprims. Ils sont
sous-entendus).
too + adjective*amples:
hae put too muchsugar in it.
8/11/2019 Entre 7 Et 8 Complaints
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#ou didn't put too much&ine in the rago7t, that's o!.
here &as too much cream in the soup yesterday.
4o& many salads hae you prepared today - "too
many"(8trop.... de salades: le nom est sous-
entendu)
here are too manycustomers in the dining room+
2hat &armth + t is reallytoo &arm in the !itchen+ (8
Quelle chaleur ! Il fait vraiment trop chaud
dans la cuisine).4e is dressedtoo&armly. (8Il est haill trop
chaudement.)
9et's go further ...
- i'too many' ou'too much'prc"de un pronom ou un dterminant
alors on utilisera: too much
of / too many of
3on't coo!too many ofthese sausages or &e &ill thro&
them a&ay.(8#e cuis pas trop de ces
saucisses sinon on les $ettera)
6 oo muchpeut aussi %tre utilis comme advere seul
4e shoutstoo much. (8Il crie trop)
5e&are+i dans la notion d&exc"s vous voule' plutt
exprimer le fait u&il * a &tellement de..& uelue
chose,
alors vous utilisere''so much' ou'so many'
here &as so muchsalt that dran! the &hole %ottle of
&ater. (8Il * avait tellement de sel ue $&ai
u toute la outeille d&eau).
0otez la diffrence aec l'e*emple prcdent :
here &as too much salt, so decided to leae it. (8Il * avait
trop de sell c&est pouruoi $&ai dcid
de le laisser.)
Choose the correct ans&er:
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