| Term | Definition |
| s'amuser à | to enjoy oneself (by doing) |
| apprendre à | to learn how to |
| s'intéresser à | to be interested in |
| arriver à | to manage to |
| s'obstiner à | to persist stubbornly in |
| s'attendre à | to expect to |
| parvenir à | to manage to, succeed in |
| avoir à | to have to |
| passer son temps à | to spend one's time doing |
| chercher à | to try to |
| penser à | to be thinking of (doing something) |
| se consacrer à | to devote onself to |
| commencer à | to begin to |
| consentir à | to consent to |
| se préparer à | to get ready to |
| continuer à | to continue |
| se résigner à | to resign oneself to |
| se décider à | to make up one's mind to |
| réussir à | to succeed in |
| s'ennuyer à | to get/be bored |
| songer à | to be thinking (dreaming) of (doing something) |
| s'exercer à | to practice |
| tendre à | to tend to |
| tenir à | to insist on |
| s'habituer à | to get used to |
| hésiter à | to hesitate to |
| aider qqn à faire qqch | to help someone to do something |
| autoriser qqn à faire qqch | to authorize someone to do something |
| encourager qqn à faire qqch | to encourage someone to do something |
| engager qqn à faire qqch | to urge someone to do something |
| forcer qqn à faire qqch | to force someone to do something |
| inviter qqn à faire qqch | to invite someone to do something |
| obliger qqn à faire qqch | to oblige someone to do something |
| apprendre/enseigner à qqn à faire qqch | to teach (two terms) someone to do something |