Another useful impersonal verb expression, to say it is necessary to do something, is il faut. Higher Tier only - The impersonal verb phrase il manque is used to say something is missing. Some verbs ...

This French phrase 'playing your skin' is a handy one to use in a slightly risky situation. Jouer sa peau - roughly pronounced joo-ay sa poe - translates as ‘to play one’s skin’. In reality, it means ...

No, this expression does not involve weeping cakes. Pleurer comme une madeleine – roughly pronounced pler-ay kohm oon mahd-eh-lenn - translates literally to “cry like a Madeleine” which means to sob ...

It's time to take a look at time. In this edition of Entre Nous, we look at a few of the specifically French traditions in regard to "le temps", or time. Be it the nightly news ("le 20h"), or France's ...