Another useful impersonal verb expression, to say it is necessary to do something, is il faut. Higher Tier only - The impersonal verb phrase il manque is used to say something is missing. Some verbs ...

This French phrase 'playing your skin' is a handy one to use in a slightly risky situation. Jouer sa peau - roughly pronounced joo-ay sa poe - translates as ‘to play one’s skin’. In reality, it means ...

This French expression might come after it feels like things cannot get any worse. Remuer le couteau dans la plaie - roughly pronounced reh-moo-ay luh koo-toe dahn lah- play - translates as ‘to stir ...

Researchers at Laurentian University are reading French books to preschoolers this month to determine the best ways to teach them new words.

It's time to take a look at time. In this edition of Entre Nous, we look at a few of the specifically French traditions in regard to "le temps", or time. Be it the nightly news ("le 20h"), or France's ...