Il faut + infinitive (it is
necessary, one must)
Il faut tourner à gauche. It is necessary
to turn left.
Il faut faire les devoirs. One must do homework.
Il lui faut aller à l'école. He must go to
school.
Il reste (there remains)
Il reste une chambre. There is one room left.
Il n'en reste plus. There are no more left.
Il me reste trois jours. I have three days
left.
Notice that il faut and il reste
can both take an object pronoun to indicate a person.
Il vaut mieux + infinitive
(it is better)
Il vaut mieux prendre le bus. It is better
to take the bus.
Il vaut mieux apprendre les langues que la politique.
It's better to learn languages than politics.
Il s'agit de (it's a question
of, it's a matter of, it's about)
De quoi s'agit-il? What's is about?
Il ne s'agit pas de ça! That's not the point!
Il s'agit de ton avenir. It's a matter of
your future.
Avoir beau (although, despite
the fact, however much)
J'ai beau étudier cette langue, je ne la parle pas.
Although I study this language, I don't speak
it.
Il a beau faire froid, nous sortirons. Although
is it cold, we will go out.