In the second installment on French expressions not to be taken literally, Patricia discusses the phrase se faire l'avocat du diable (to play devil's advocate).

Some expressions are not be taken literally, as they would not make a lot of sense. For example, vider son sac—literally, "to empty one's bag"—actually means something entirely different. Find out the real meaning of vider son sac and its origin in this video!

In this lesson, you will learn the difference between homonyms, homophones, and homographs illustrated with amusing examples. Challenge yourself by repeating the words that sound the same and see if you can spell them correctly. Good luck!

Our friends Manon and Clémentine teach us some French tongue-twisters involving birds, turtles, armadillos, and mosquitoes. Try learning them all!

Margaux and Manon are playing shop. Margaux is the lucky customer buying shoes and Manon settles for second best, playing the shopkeeper. Now you're all set to go shoe shopping on your next trip to France!

Margaux and Manon recite "The Crow and the Fox," a famous fable by the French poet Jean de La Fontaine, and explain some of the more difficult lines for us. It's a good poem to memorize to improve your French!

Faire (to make or to do) is one of the most basic verbs in the French language, and it is used in a large number of expressions and idioms. Margaux and Manon give us some colorful examples of the uses of faire in this video.

In part two, Nelly gives us some more examples where a liaison never takes place.

Nelly will tell you which liaisons are forbidden—grammatically, that is. If you want to perfect your French pronunciation, avoid making a liaison in the cases she mentions.

How do you choose between the imperfect and the compound past tense? Nelly explains it all to you and even shares a secret trick for distinguishing them.

Nelly explains three more essential tenses: the pluperfect, the simple future, and the near future. Don't worry, she saves the easiest for last!

Nelly goes over the six essential verb tenses in French, starting with the present, compound past, and imperfect. Though there are plenty of exceptions, the conjugation rules are a lot simpler than you might think!

Nelly goes over some of the most common French acronyms and abbreviations used in text messages, on social media, and in professional settings. Don't miss this one, SVP!

Nelly breaks down a complicated subject, compound relative pronouns (duquel, auxquelles, etc.), using easy-to-follow examples. Learning these will help you avoid repeating yourself!

In the second part of her video, Nelly focuses on verbs that are followed by the preposition de as well as verbs that don't take any preposition.