| A | B |
|---|
| sauf ça, hormis ça, à part ça, à l'exception de ça | except |
| malgrê, en dêpit de | in spite of |
| à moins que; à moins de | unless |
| à la fois | at the same time |
| avoir lieu | to take place |
| J'ai jamais mangê autant | I have never eaten so many... |
| comme tout | very, really, extremely, incredibly |
| comme ci, comme ça | so-so |
| comme | in the way of |
| n'avoir rien à voir avec... | to have nothing to do with |
| d'ailleurs | besides; besides which |
| piger | to get it; to understand it |
| de fil en aiguille | one thing lead to another; little by little, gradually |
| au fil du temps | as time flows by; over the course of time |
| entre-temps | meanwhile; in the meantime |
| tenir le coup | to hold up under stress or the blow |
| à souhait | as much as one could want; as well as one cold want |
| avoir la flemme de faire quelque chose | to be too lazy to do it; to not bother to do it |
| jadis | in the distant past, formerly or once |
| naguère | in the recent past |
| d'antan | of olden days |
| autrefois (not jadis) | common term for formerly, in the past or once |
| facultatif | optional |
| traiter en | to treat someone as; to treat someone as if |
| traiter de | to call someone a name |
| tirê par les cheveux | far-fetched; unlikely |
| faute de mieux | for lack of better |
| bel et bien | after all |
| après coup | after the fact, afterwards, looking back, after the event |
| cela ne tient pas debout | it doesn't stand up to examination; it doesn't hold water |
| en vouloir | to hold something against someone |
| à l'improviste | on the spur of the moment w/o advanced planning |
| un drôle de | a funny, strange or odd thing |
| pas mal | quite a bit; not bad |
