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The Dictionnaire de l'Académie française (French pronunciation: [diksjɔnɛːʁ də lakademi fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) is the official dictionary of the French language. The Académie française is France's official authority on the usages, vocabulary, and grammar of the French language, although its recommendations carry no legal power. Sometimes ...
A more colloquial quasi-synonymous expression in French would be en tout bien tout honneur. hors de combat lit. "out of the fight": prevented from fighting or participating in some event, usually by injury. hors concours lit. "out of competition": not to be judged with others because of the superiority of the work to the others. hors d'œuvre
Paris vaut bien une messe; Parquet (legal) Parvenu; La patrie en danger; Pensée unique; Petite bourgeoisie; La petite mort; Le plat pays qui est le mien; La plume de ma tante (phrase) Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume; Presque vu; Privatier; Procédure Renault; Puisne; Pure laine; Purlieu; Putain, putain, c'est vachement bien.
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In French, the equivalent of the English existential clause "there is/are" is expressed with il y a (infinitive: y avoir), literally, "it there has" or "it has to it". As an impersonal verb, the verb may be conjugated to indicate tense, but always remains in the third person singular. For example Il y a deux bergers et quinze moutons dans le pré.
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It is derived from the formal form Eh bien. bibitte: small insect Derived from bébête for "small creature" blonde: girlfriend May be used regardless of hair colour bobette(s) underwear, specifically panties In Europe, sous-vêtements: brailler: to weep, to whine In Europe, to scream, to speak very loudly (colloquial) char: car Comes from cart ...
Le Bon Usage (French pronunciation: [lə bɔn‿yzaʒ], Good Usage), informally called Le Grevisse, is a descriptive book about French grammar first published in 1936 by Maurice Grevisse, and periodically revised since. It describes the usage of the French language, primarily in its written literary form.