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Tu lis ce dialogue avec une belle intonation à force de répéter.

Tu lis ce dialogue avec une belle intonation à force de répéter.
You read this dialogue with beautiful intonation by dint of repeating.
From Lesson 330:Cause by repetition (à force de)·French

Questions & Answers about Tu lis ce dialogue avec une belle intonation à force de répéter.

Why is à force de followed by the infinitive répéter here?
À force de expresses a cause resulting from intense or repeated action, meaning 'by dint of' or 'through doing something a lot'. When the person doing the action in the main clause is the same as the one doing the repeated action, you follow à force de directly with an infinitive.
Could we use a noun after à force de in this sentence instead?
Yes, absolutely. À force de works with both infinitives and nouns. You could say à force de répétition (through repeated practice or repetition) and it would mean essentially the same thing.
Does répéter just mean 'to repeat' in this context?
It means 'to repeat', but in the context of reading a dialogue, playing music, or doing theater, répéter is the standard French verb for 'to rehearse'. So the sentence effectively means you have achieved beautiful intonation through rehearsing a lot.
Just to review, why does belle come before the noun intonation?
While most French adjectives are placed after the noun, a specific group of short, common adjectives always goes before it. These describe Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness, and Size (often called BANGS adjectives). Since belle describes beauty, it sits right in front of intonation.

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