B1.2 — Upper Intermediate · Unit 37
Idioms & Register Shifts
Understand popular French idioms, pronominal verbs with idiomatic meanings, and shift between formal and informal registers (argot/familiar vs. formal language).
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Sections
- 📇Vocabulary20 pages
- 📐Grammar1 pages
- 🎯Practice5 pages
- 💬Communication1 pages
Vocabulary preview
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poser un lapin
to stand someone up
🪳
avoir le cafard
to feel down / blue
🐓
passer du coq à l'âne
to jump from one topic to another
🐂
mettre la charrue avant les bœufs
to put the cart before the horse
✂️
couper les cheveux en quatre
to split hairs
🥖
avoir du pain sur la planche
to have a lot on one's plate / a lot of work
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se rendre compte
to realize
🧗
s'en sortir
to pull through / get by