French | English |
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il y a pronoun | there◼◼◼(expletive subject of verb of existence: "there is") |
il y a [singular and plural] phrase | there are◼◼◼(third-person plural present indicative of there be) |
il y a [singular and plural] verbe | there is◼◼◼(third-person singular simple present indicative form of there be) |
il y a [used before the time] adverbe | ago◼◼◼(past; gone by; since) |
il y a de l'espoir (as long as there's life phrase | hope springs eternal(the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) |
il y a du bon et du moins bon nom | mixed bag(idiom about a mixture of advantages and disadvantages) |
il y a eu un accident phrase | there's been an accident◼◼◼phrase |
il y a loin de la coupe aux lèvres phrase | there's many a slip twixt cup and lip(in any situation something can always go wrong) |
il y a longtemps adverbe | long ago◼◼◼(at a time in the distant past) |
il y a pire dans la vie phrase | worse things happen at sea◼◼◼phrase |
il y a plusieurs façons de plumer un canard (there are many methods to pluck a duck) phrase | there's more than one way to skin a cat◼◼◼(a problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal) |
il y a quelque chose de pourri au royaume du Danemark phrase | something is rotten in the state of Denmark(Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right") |
il y a à boire et à manger nom | mixed bag◼◼◼(idiom about a mixture of advantages and disadvantages) |
il y avait une fois adverbe | once upon a time◼◼◼(traditional beginning of children’s stories, especially fairy tales) |
est-ce qu'il y a quelqu'un ici qui parle anglais ? phrase | does anyone here speak English(does anyone here speak English?) |
qu'est-ce qu'il y a ? phrase | what's the matter◼◼◼(what's wrong?) |
qu'est-ce qu'il y a encore ? phrase | what now◼◼◼(what do you want?) |
tant qu'il y a de la vie phrase | hope springs eternal(the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself) |
y avoir (il y a) verbe | there be◼◼◼(to exist) |