"Fred est moche, mais il a beaucoup de style."
Translation:Fred is ugly, but he has a lot of style.
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When I answered it, it responded with "Nice!" I don't want to perpetuate the stereotype that the French are obnoxious (Parisians in particular) but this doesn't help.
I translated this literally, "...has a lot of style." However, I don't know what that means, and I reasoned out that "...is stylish" makes more sense than "...has a lot of style". What is the meaning of "has a lot of style", I did not get it
To say someone has a lot of style is perfectly normal. And as Graeme says, it's not necessarily stylish in a fashion sense. It could mean he's got panache. Possibly it's American English?
An American would never say "He has a lot of style" to mean anything but "He is stylish". The two are the same.
Fred is undoubtedly stylish, but this probably means rather more than that.
It almost certainly means that he has other attributes and characteristics which overshadow (or rather that they diminish) his ugliness.
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In many communities in the US "he/she has a lot of style is a great complement! It is a general comment on how one's comportment, manner, look, verbiage, movement all blend in an impressive and pleasing way!
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Tu peux dire ce que tu veut Duo, mais a mon avis, Fred est beau.
Also, chill out guys, whether you like it or not, people do talk like this.
Fred is ugly, but he really has style
in past lessons "beaucoup" was also interpreted as "really"
Shouldn't my answer be correct
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With a verb it becomes "really": J'aime beaucoup cette chemise. Otherwise, it takes on more of a "much/a lot of" meaning.
