text: what is the meaning of the word "achevons"? how do you pronounce it? does it come across as a difficult to pronounce word to the english speaker? "achevons" is the first person plural of the french verb "achever," which means "to finish/to finalize/to bring to completion."   example: nous achevons ce projet => we are finalizing this project/we are in the last stages of this project.  pronunciation: ash-ə-vo~ the nasal sound at the end may be difficult for english speakers to pronounce (note that the final 's' is silent). go to this about.com web page and click on words that end in "on" (balcon, béton, biberon, etc.) to hear the o~ sound: http://french.about.com/library/pronunciation/bl-audiodico-b.htm.