VoulezVouloz - French lessons and tuition in Sydney » idioms http://www.voulezvouloz.com French lessons and tuition in Sydney Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:28:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Speak French like the French! http://www.voulezvouloz.com/2010/01/speak-french-like-the-french/ http://www.voulezvouloz.com/2010/01/speak-french-like-the-french/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:41:54 +0000 admin http://www.voulezvouloz.com/?p=185 A few useful French phrases:

  • Par hasard… By chance
  • Par contre … On the other hand
  • en colère … angry
  • Je reve … I must be dreaming
  • il me semble que … It seems to me
  • Il faut que … It is necessary
  • en verité … truthfully, in truth
  • exprès … On purpose (e.g.tu l’as fait exprès)
  • enfin (enfin bref) … finally, to summarise, at last
  • Il me tarde … I am looking forward to
  • Je m’en vais … I’m off now

]]> http://www.voulezvouloz.com/2010/01/speak-french-like-the-french/feed/ 0 Mot du jour – Nerf http://www.voulezvouloz.com/2009/07/mot-du-jour-nerf/ http://www.voulezvouloz.com/2009/07/mot-du-jour-nerf/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:15:00 +0000 admin http://www.voulezvouloz.com/?p=123 Definition: NerveFrench tuition

  • Expressions:
  • porter/taper sur les nerfs de qqun – to get on someone’s nerves;
  • avoir ses nerfs – to have a fit of nerves;
  • Allons du nerf ! – Come on! Buck up!
  • avoir les nerfs en boule / avoir les nerfs en pelote – to be edgy, tense
  • avoir les nerfs malades – to suffer from nerves
  • avoir les nerfs à toute épreuve / avoir les nerfs d’acier – to have nerves of steel

Related: nerveux – nervous
Related: un raté - failure, flop, misfiring (of a gun or motor)

]]> http://www.voulezvouloz.com/2009/07/mot-du-jour-nerf/feed/ 0 Idiom of the Week – Avoir un poil dans la main http://www.voulezvouloz.com/2009/06/idiom-of-the-week-avoir-un-poil-dans-la-main/ http://www.voulezvouloz.com/2009/06/idiom-of-the-week-avoir-un-poil-dans-la-main/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:07:53 +0000 admin http://www.voulezvouloz.com/?p=89 Wouldn’t it be great if you could understand the French Language and Culture through popular phrases? VoulezVouloz is here to help. We’ve gathered together some popular French idioms for you to use and pass yourself off as a real Frenchie!

Avoir un pil dans la main = (to have a hair in one’s hand) = to shy away from work, to avoid work at all costs.

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