Maybe it’s because there’s been so much cross pollination of the two languages meaning they have structural similarities, or maybe it’s just because the other language does it in a way that is somehow more innately simple. But I have not found French phrasal verbs to be very difficult at all, as an English speaker. The most common ones are “avoir ____ de quelque chose”, “to have ____ of something”. “Avoir besoin de”, “avoir peur de”, which are “to have need of” (to need) and “have fear of” (to be afraid of, or to fear). Also “avoir faim” and “avoir soif”, which are “to have hunger” and “to have thirst” (to be hungry, to be thirsty).

Damn, mail too? That didn’t make international headlines the way shutting down the weather service did.

Two of those are literally already privatised in America, and one more took some significant steps in that direction earlier this year.