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.)