Verb phrases Flashcards by Susie Davis

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en avoir terminé

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to be done with

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je m’y suis habituée

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I became used to it

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passer (du temps) à + infinitive

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to spend (time) …

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pour avoir + past participle

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for having done…

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pour être + past participle

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for getting done…

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après avoir + past participle

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after having done…

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après être + past participle

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after having done/been…

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pour de + infinitive

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in order to…

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afin de + infinitive

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in order to…

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aller (imperfect) + infinitive

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was/ were going to…

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venir (conjugated) + de + infinitive

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to just have done…

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faire (conjugated) + infinitive

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to have something done

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se faire (conjugated) + infinitive + object

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to have something done to oneself

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jusqu’à ce que + subjunctive

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until someone does something

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être en train de + infinitive

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ongoing actions (present or past)

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avant de + infinitive

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before ….ing

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après que + indicative

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after…

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faire exprès (de)

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to do something on purpose

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faire mal à

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to hurt someone physically

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faire du mal à

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to hurt someone emotionally

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faire peur (à)

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to scare someone

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faire la queue

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to queue

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faire partie de

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to be part of

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faire confiance (à)

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to trust (in)

Comment ça se fait / Comment se fait-il que... ?

How come? / How is it that…?

Ça y est

That's it, It's done

Ça m'est égal

I don't mind/care

être d'accord avec

to agree with

aller à

to suit someone (transitive eg clothes), (intransitive eg opinion)

s'en aller

to leave

Je m'en vais. Tu t'en vas? Elles s'en vont.

I'm leaving. You're leaving? They're leaving.

Va-t'en ! Allez-vous en !

Go away / leave!

Nous nous sommes en allés.

We left

Il s'en est allé. Il s'est en allé.

He left

sentir bon / mauvais

to smell good / bad (adjective non agreed)

se sentir bien / mal / mieux

to feel good / bad / great... (illness, emotional state)

avoir raison / tort / de la chance

to be right / wrong / lucky

avoir honte de

to be ashamed of

avoir l'habitude de

to be in the habit of, tend to

avoir du mal à + infinitive / avoir du mal avec + noun

to have trouble, to struggle to / with

avoir mal (à)

to be in pain/ hurt (somewhere)

avoir peur de

to be afraid/scared of

avoir envie de

to feel like, want to, need to

faillir de + infinitive

to almost do something

passer + quelqu’un/ quelque chose

to pass (eg. passe le sel)

passer + location (usually with par, devant, chez, etc)

to pass by (eg, passe par la banque)

passer + time/ duration

to spend time (eg. passe une bonne semaine)

se passer

to happen/ take place (eg. la soirée s’est passée)

ça s’est passé

it happened

se passer + de + quelqu’un/ quelque chose

to go/do without