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Le corps at C1 — body idioms

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The body-part expressions that fill everyday French.

📓 Les expressions du corps

1🔊

to be lazy

2🔊

to rack your brains

3🔊

to cost a fortune

4🔊

to have influence

5🔊

to run for it

6🔊

to be level-headed

7🔊

to lend a hand

8🔊

to be ravenous

9🔊

to be fearless

10🔊

to put your foot in it

🔊 Example sentences

Ça coûte les yeux de la tête !It costs an arm and a leg!
Il a la tête sur les épaules.He’s got a good head on his shoulders.
Tu peux me donner un coup de main ?Can you give me a hand?

💡 Your C1 goal

At C1 you’re refining style: choosing between correct options for tone and precision. Notice how native writers and speakers deploy this, and imitate deliberately.

Feeling shaky? Step back to Le Corps at B2. Comfortable? Level up to Le Corps at C2.

Elle n’a pas froid aux yeux.She’s fearless.

✍️ Practice

Ça coûte les ___ de la tête. (eyes) (idiom)

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yeux

Donne-moi un coup de ___ . (hand) (idiom)

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main

Il a la tête sur les ___ . (shoulders) (idiom)

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épaules

🎮 Practise

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