Watch the video. Read the subtitles. The Colonel makes a distinction between
individual French people and the French in groups.
the charming French people, and the good cooks.
Hayles uses a superlative. He says that the French are the most civilized people in the world. Hayles
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is very fond of the French.
doesn't like the French.
Colonel Allthorpe lives in France a few months each year. He has French friends. He says that they are "individually extremely charming". Charming people are
delightful or attractive.
inhibited or reserved.
fun-loving and easygoing.
Colonel Allthorpe says that "collectively", some French people are "difficult". An example of "collective difficulties" in France are:
