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Expressions
French Expressions
Expressions, tournures, idiotismes, locutions
Idiomatic expressions (idioms), proverbs, everyday expressions – lots of lessons to help you speak French like the natives.
exclamations • French in English
Au fond
Au fur et à mesure
Au lieu de
Au pif
Au premier mai, fleurit le bon muguet
Au temps pour moi
Avancer comme une tortue
Avantages et inconvénients
Avoir beau
Avoir d’autres chats à fouetter
Avoir du chien
Avoir du mal à
Avoir du pain sur la planche
Avoir du pot
The French lessons and comprehension exercises on this site are ranked according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), which describes six levels of language proficiency.
When a word ending in a normally silent consonant is followed by a vowel or h muet, that consonant might be transferred onto the next word. This is called a liaison and it's one of the aspects of French pronunciation that can make it difficult to determine where one word ends and the next begins.
Aller is one of the most common and important French verbs. It generally means "to go," is key to the near future construction, and is also found in many expressions. This issue of Lawless French à fond takes an in-depth look at going everywhere with 