Fill in the blank with the French word that best completes the following sentence.Il ne faut pas vendre la de l'ours avant de l'avoir tué.

The French expression is “vendre la peau de l’ours avant de l’avoir tué,” literally “to sell the bear’s skin before killing it.” It means to count on a result before it is certain. So the missing word is “peau” (skin), making choice D correct.

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