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That’s a good idea.

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C’est une bonne idée.

Bon describes a noun as “good” as in valid, high quality, useful, pleasant, etc.

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The milk is good until tomorrow.

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Le lait est bon jusqu’à demain.

Bon describes a noun as “good” as in valid, high quality, useful, pleasant, etc.

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The water is nice!

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L’eau est bonne !

Bon describes a noun as “good” as in valid, high quality, useful, pleasant, etc.

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I need a high-quality bike.

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J’ai besoin d’un bon vélo.

Bon describes a noun as “good” as in valid, high quality, useful, pleasant, etc.

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It would be good for you to cook.

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Ce serait bien si tu faisais la cuisine.

Sometimes bien is used as an adjective, as in with state-of-being verbs and it means “good” in the sense of moral, satisfying, healthy, or attractive.

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It’s not good to say that.

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Ce n’est pas bien de dire ça.

Sometimes bien is used as an adjective, as in with state-of-being verbs and it means “good” in the sense of moral, satisfying, healthy, or attractive.

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We’re comfortable here.

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On est bien ici.

Sometimes bien is used as an adjective, as in with state-of-being verbs and it means “good” in the sense of moral, satisfying, healthy, or attractive.

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Are you well?

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Tu vas bien ?

Bien is an adverb of manner and means “well”

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I ate well.

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J’ai bien mangé.

Bien is an adverb of manner and means “well”

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He gets along well with children.

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Il s’entend bien avec les enfants.

Bien is an adverb of manner and means “well”

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It’s much better.

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Ça va bien mieux.

Bien can also be an adverb of quantity and emphasize another adverb or adjective

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She’s been working for a very long time.

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Elle travaille depuis bien longtemps.

Bien can also be an adverb of quantity and emphasize another adverb or adjective

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I’m very happy to see you.

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Je suis bien content de te voir.

Bien can also be an adverb of quantity and emphasize another adverb or adjective

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I know perfectly well that you did it.

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Je sais bien que tu l’as fait.

Bien can also be an adverb of quantity and emphasize a verb

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Is it really a mistake?

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Est-ce bien une erreur ?

Bien can also be an adverb of quantity and emphasize a verb

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He did indeed tell the truth.

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Il a bien dit la vérité.

Bien can also be an adverb of quantity and emphasize a verb

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It’s nice and warm in the sun.

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Il fait bon au soleil.

With faire and sentir, bon is an adverb meaning “nice, pleasant, good”

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It’s nice living in France.

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Il fait bon vivre en France.

With faire and sentir, bon is an adverb meaning “nice, pleasant, good”

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That smells good!

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Ça sent bon !

With faire and sentir, bon is an adverb meaning “nice, pleasant, good”

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I’m only going to eat the good part.

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Je vais manger seulement le bon.

Le bon means “the good part” or “advantage(s)”

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His solutions always have advantages.

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Ses solutions ont toujours du bon.

Le bon means “the good part” or “advantage(s)”

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gift certificate

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un bon d’achat

Un bon is the generic term for an official document bond, form, slip, coupon, voucher, certificate

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delivery slip

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un bon de livraison

Un bon is the generic term for an official document bond, form, slip, coupon, voucher, certificate

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It’s for your own good.

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C’est pour ton bien.

Le bien refers to “good”

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It will be good for you.

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Ça te fera du bien.

Le bien refers to “good”

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good and evil

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le bien et le mal

Le bien refers to “good”

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goods and services

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les biens et les services

Les biens are “goods” or “property”

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real estate

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les biens immobiliers

Les biens are “goods” or “property”

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private property

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les biens privés

Les biens are “goods” or “property”

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What’s the use?

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À quoi bon ?

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oh yeah? I see

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ah bon ?

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to look healthy

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avoir bonne mine

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Happy birthday!

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Bon anniversaire !

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Enjoy your meal!

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Bon appétit !

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have a nice afternoon

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bon après-midi

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all the best, keep up the good work

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Bon courage !

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good riddance!

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Bon débarras !

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have a nice Sunday

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bon dimanche

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hello, good morning

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bonjour

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safe journey home

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bon retour

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good evening

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bonsoir

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have a good weekend

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bon week-end

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Happy New Year!

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Bonne Année !

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Good luck!

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Bonne chance !

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Happy [current holiday]!

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Bonne fête !

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have a nice day

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bonne journée

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good night

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bonne nuit

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safe journey

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bonne route

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stay well, keep healthy

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bonne santé

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have a nice evening

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bonne soirée

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enjoy your vacation

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bonnes vacances

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have a nice swim, enjoy your swim

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bonne baignade

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have a good game, enjoy the game

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bon match

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have a nice walk, enjoy your walk

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bonne promenade

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have a nice bike ride, enjoy your bike ride

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bon vélo

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have a good trip, enjoy your trip

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bon voyage

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good for nothing

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bon à rien

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friendly, good-natured

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bon enfant

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inexpensive, cheap

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bon marché

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heartily

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de bon cœur

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willingly

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de bon gré

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bright and early

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de bon matin

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in good condition

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en bon état

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for good, definitively; really, truly

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pour de bon

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He who laughs last laughs best.

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Rira bien qui rira le dernier.

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All’s well that ends well.

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Tout est bien qui finit bien.

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to be well, in good health

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aller bien

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to be a good talker

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avoir la langue bien pendue

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altogether, truly, really

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bel et bien

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comfortable with oneself

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bien dans sa peau

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the good of humanity

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le bien d’humanité

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of course, obviously

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bien entendu

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73
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good and evil

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le bien et le mal

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74
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much better

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bien mieux

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public good

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le bien public

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very often

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bien souvent

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of course

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bien sûr

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of course not

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bien sûr que non

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a store’s goods

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les biens d’un magasin

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real estate

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les biens immobiliers

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to speak well of

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dire du bien de

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to do someone good

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faire du bien à quelqu’un

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to do good

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faire le bien

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We’ll see!

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On verra bien !

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to return good for evil

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rendre le bien pour le mal

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That’s a bad idea.

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C’est une mauvaise idée.

Mauvais is an adjective. It describes a noun as “bad” as in mean, wrong, poor quality, etc.

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The milk is already bad.

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Le lait est déjà mauvais.

Mauvais is an adjective. It describes a noun as “bad” as in mean, wrong, poor quality, etc.

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The water is bad, it’s dirty.

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L’eau est mauvaise, elle est sale.

Mauvais is an adjective. It describes a noun as “bad” as in mean, wrong, poor quality, etc.

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I only have a poor-quality bike.

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Je n’ai qu’un mauvais vélo.

Mauvais is an adjective. It describes a noun as “bad” as in mean, wrong, poor quality, etc.

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It would be bad if you forgot it.

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Ce serait mal si tu l’oubliais.

When mal is an adjective, it’s used with state-of-being verbs and means “bad” in the sense of immoral, unsatisfying, unhealthy, or unattractive

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It’s bad to say that.

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C’est mal de dire ça.

When mal is an adjective, it’s used with state-of-being verbs and means “bad” in the sense of immoral, unsatisfying, unhealthy, or unattractive

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We’re not doing well at the moment.

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On est mal en ce moment.

When mal is an adjective, it’s used with state-of-being verbs and means “bad” in the sense of immoral, unsatisfying, unhealthy, or unattractive

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Everything is going wrong.

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Tout va mal.

Mal is an adverb of manner and means “badly, poorly, not well”

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I ate poorly.

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J’ai mal mangé.

Mal is an adverb of manner and means “badly, poorly, not well”

95
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He doesn’t get along well with children.

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Il s’entend mal avec les enfants.

Mal is an adverb of manner and means “badly, poorly, not well”

96
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The work is poorly done.

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Le travail est mal fait.

Mal is an adverb of manner and means “badly, poorly, not well”

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I have quite a bit of work to do.

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J’ai pas mal de travail à faire.

Mal is also found in the expression of quantity pas mal de which is a synonym of beaucoup.

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She knows quite a few lawyers.

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Elle connaît pas mal d’avocats.

Mal is also found in the expression of quantity pas mal de which is a synonym of beaucoup.

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The weather is bad in the mountains.

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Il fait mauvais dans les montagnes.

With faire and sentir, mauvais can be an adverb meaning “bad, unpleasant”

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That smells bad.

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Ça sent mauvais.

With faire and sentir, mauvais can be an adverb meaning “bad, unpleasant”

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I threw away the bad part.

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J’ai jeté le mauvais.

As a noun, le mauvais means “the bad part” or “disadvantage(s)”

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This solution offers only disadvantages.

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Cette solution ne présente que du mauvais.

As a noun, le mauvais means “the bad part” or “disadvantage(s)”

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good and evil

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le bien et le mal

Le mal refers to “evil,” “pain,” or “illness”

104
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I hurt (have pain) everywhere.

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J’ai mal partout.

Le mal refers to “evil,” “pain,” or “illness”

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seasickness, homesickness

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le mal de mer, de pays

Le mal refers to “evil,” “pain,” or “illness”

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evil heart

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un mauvais cœur

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faulty connection

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un mauvais contact

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poor excuse

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une mauvaise excuse

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weed

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une mauvaise herbe

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rainy season

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la mauvaise saison

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misfortune

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le mauvais sort

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bad weather

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le mauvais temps

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to go the wrong way

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aller dans le mauvais sens

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to have bad breath

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avoir mauvaise haleine

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to look unhealthy

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avoir mauvaise mine

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The (tennis) ball is out

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La balle est mauvaise.

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unwillingly, reluctantly

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de mauvais gré

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in poor condition

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en mauvais état

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The cure is worse than the disease.

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Le remède est pire que le mal.

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to have a hard time doing

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avoir du mal à faire qqch.

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to have a headache, toothache

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avoir mal à la tête, aux dents

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to have a headache, toothache

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avoir un mal de tête, de dents

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to be seasick

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avoir le mal de mer

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to be homesick

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avoir le mal du pays

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good and evil

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le bien et le mal

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to harm, do harm to

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faire mal à

127
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to return good for evil

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rendre le bien pour le mal

128
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to hurt oneself

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se faire mal

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I hurt my hand

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Je me suis fait mal à la main.

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(whether you) like it or not

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bon gré mal gré

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What a pity!

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C’est mal fait !

132
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people don’t like that

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c’est mal vu

133
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from bad to worse

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de mal en pis

134
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to feel bad about oneself

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être mal dans sa peau

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uncomfortable

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mal à l’aise

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poorly done

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mal fait

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not bad, pretty good

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pas mal

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quite a bit (of), quite a few

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pas mal (de)

139
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to feel bad about oneself

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se sentir mal dans sa peau

140
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everything is going wrong

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tout va mal

141
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You look pretty good in this picture.

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Tu n’es pas mal sur cette photo.

142
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It is a very good decision that I agree with!

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C’est une très bonne décision que j’approuve !

143
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Don’t make noise! She sleeps so well.

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Ne fais pas de bruit ! Elle dort si bien.

144
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This wine is really very good.

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Ce vin est vraiment très bon.

145
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He is a very good teacher.

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C’est un très bon professeur.

146
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Explain to me what to do.

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Explique-moi bien ce que je dois faire.

147
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I was kind enough to answer you, so listen!

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J’ai bien voulu te répondre, alors écoute !

148
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Grammar is well explained in this book.

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La grammaire est bien expliquée dans ce livre.

149
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I feel good in my new home.

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Je me sens bien dans ma nouvelle maison.

150
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You have finished all your work. It’s good

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Tu as fini tout ton travail. C’est bien.

151
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Do you like Basque chicken? Yes, I find it very good.

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Tu aimes le poulet à la basquaise ? Oui, je trouve ça très bon.

152
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I don’t quite understand what he is saying. He speaks fast.

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Je ne comprends pas bien ce qu’il dit. Il parle vite.

153
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Tell me, are you okay?

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Dis-moi, est-ce que tu vas bien ?

154
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Lucas is a good student, he works hard.

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Lucas est un bon élève, il travaille sérieusement.

155
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Zoe plays very quietly in her new room.

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Zoé joue bien sagement dans sa nouvelle chambre.

156
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The grammar lesson is well explained by the teacher.

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La leçon de grammaire est bien expliquée par le professeur.

157
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We had a great time with you.

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Nous avons passé un bon moment en votre compagnie.

158
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These pants are way too long. I have to hem it.

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Ce pantalon est bien trop long. Je dois lui faire un ourlet.

159
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My Italian friend cooks sea fish very well.

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Mon amie italienne cuisine très bien les poissons de mer.

160
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I bought a good piece of meat from the new butcher.

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J’ai acheté un bon morceau de viande chez le nouveau boucher.

161
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Wrap up tight, it’s so cold outside!

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Couvrez-vous bien , il fait si froid dehors !

162
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The flowers in my grandmother’s garden smell great.

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Les fleurs du jardin de ma grand-mère sentent bon.

163
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He is a good student.

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C’est un bon élève.

164
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It’s good if you want to come tomorrow morning.

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C’est bien si tu veux venir demain matin.

165
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This dish is not good. He smells bad

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Ce plat n’est pas bon. Il sent mauvais.

166
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I slept well last night.

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J’ai bien dormi hier soir.

167
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It smells good. What is that ?

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Ça sent bon. Qu’est-ce que c’est ?

168
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She is doing well. She’s healthy.

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Elle se porte bien. Elle est en bonne santé.

169
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He’s gone for good.

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Il est parti pour de bon.

170
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The vacuum cleaner no longer works well.

A

L’aspirateur ne marche plus bien.

171
Q

Can you help us? Of course !

A

Vous pouvez nous aider ? Bien entendu !

172
Q

My father cooks well. He is a good cook.

A

Mon père cuisine bien. C’est un bon cuisinier.

173
Q

This man has bad eyes. He can see badly.

A

Cet homme a de mauvais yeux. Il voit mal.

174
Q

He has trouble reading.

A

Il a du mal à lire.

175
Q

He often has a headache.

A

Il a souvent mal à la tête.

176
Q

The weather is bad today.

A

Aujourd’hui il fait mauvais.

177
Q

Excuse me. Did I hurt you?

A

Excusez-moi. Je vous ai fait mal ?

178
Q

He’s not coming. He’s bad tonight.

A

Il ne vient pas. Il va mal ce soir.

179
Q

This is a bad excuse.

A

C’est une mauvaise excuse.

180
Q

We slept badly.

A

Nous avons mal dormi.

181
Q

His homework is poorly done.

A

Ses devoirs sont mal faits.

182
Q

This is bad news.

A

C’est une mauvaise nouvelle.

183
Q

It is wrong to lie.

A

Il est mal de mentir.

184
Q

This little boy is rude.

A

Ce petit garçon est mal élevé.

185
Q

No, I don’t agree. It’s not bad.

A

Non, je ne suis pas d’accord. Il n’est pas mauvais.

Glenn's French Class (48 decks)

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