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Comparative and Superlative Expressions

Use comparative and superlative expressions to speak more idiomatically:

  • faire de son mieux (to do one's best)

    • Je fais de mon mieux. (I do my best.)

  • le plus/moins possible (as much/little as possible)

    • Tu fais le plus/moins possible. (You do the most/least possible.)

  • le plus/le moins … possible (as … as possible)

    • Je marche le plus/le moins vite possible. (I walk as quickly/slowly as possible.)

  • de plus en plus (more and more)

    • Il devient de plus en plus nerveux. (He becomes more and more nervous.)

  • de moins en moins (less and less)

    • Nous nous inquiètons de moins en moins. (We worry less and less.)

  • de mieux en mieux (better and better)

    • Il lit de mieux en mieux. (He reads better and better.)

  • tant mieux/tant pis (so much the better/worse)

    • Tu pars lundi. (You're leaving Monday.) Tant mieux. (So much the better.)

    • Il a ratè son avion. (He missed his plane.) Tant pis. (Too bad.)

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