Vocabulary and Idioms: A Comprehensive List
Idioms and Slang
Idioms
- Run in the family: Ve de família
- Blood is thicker than water: Unió de sang
- Settle in/put down roots: Echar raíces
- Settle down: Establir-se
- Past your/its time: Se t’ha passat l’hora
- Live in the past: Viure al passat
- Call the shots: Make important decisions
- Get your own way: Poder fer el teu camí
- Play it safe: Jugar segur
- Jump at the chance: Qui no s’arrisca no pisca
- Miss the boat: Perdre el tren
- (Be) out of luck: No estar de sort
Slang
- Cheers: Adéu/Hola/Sort
- Damn it!: Casum l’olla
- And
Understanding Love, Relationships, and Marriage
Expressions of Love
- I love you (to love): aimer
- (to) have a soft spot for you: s’en pincer pour
- I fancy her (to fancy): avoir envie
- A hell of a lot: énormément
- I adore you (to adore): adorer
- Taken a fancy to you (to take a fancy to): s’enticher de
- (to have) a crush on: être fou de
- Head over heels: éperdument
- In love with you (to be in love with): être amoureux de
- Lost my heart to (to lose your heart to): perdre son coeur à
- Infatuated: amoureux fou
- Captivated: fasciné
- Nuts about: fou de
- Am mad about you
French Grammar: Negation, Conditional, Subjunctive
French Negation
Pas de tout: Not at all
Pas Question: Not a chance
Absolument pas: Absolutely not
Moi Pas: Not me
Ce Pas: Not this
Pas encore: Not yet
Toujours pas: Still not
Rien: Nothing
Jamais: Never
Plus: More
Pas Plus: Not anymore
Personne: Nobody
Nulle Part: Nowhere
Que: Only
Aucun(e): None
Ne … Ni … Ni …: Neither … Nor …
Conditional Sentences in French
Conditional sentences express what would happen if a certain condition were met.
- Possible: Si + Present + Present / Future / Imperative
- Improbable:
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Everyday Phrases and Words
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