Word
Il souffle délicatement dans l'outil de crainte de briser la bulle incandescente.
Meaning
He blows delicately into the tool for fear of shattering the incandescent bubble.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Il souffle délicatement dans l'outil de crainte de briser la bulle incandescente.
il
he
dans
in, inside
la
her, it (feminine direct object pronoun)
l'outil
the tool (m)
Questions & Answers about Il souffle délicatement dans l'outil de crainte de briser la bulle incandescente.
Why do we use de crainte de + infinitive here instead of de crainte que?
We use de crainte de followed by the infinitive briser because the subject performing both actions is exactly the same. He is the one blowing, and he is the one who might shatter the bubble. If a different person were at risk of breaking it, you would have to use de crainte que followed by the subjunctive.
Could I use de peur de instead of de crainte de in this sentence?
Why use briser instead of the more common verb casser for 'to break'?
Why is the adjective incandescente placed after bulle?
Incandescente describes a physical state meaning glowing red-hot. In French, adjectives that describe literal physical characteristics like color, shape, temperature, or state almost always follow the noun.