10. Prépositions, adverbes courants et expressions Flashcards

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A cet égard

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In this respect

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A chaque fois

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Whenever

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A condition que

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Provided (that)

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A côté - de chaque côté - d’un côté

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Next to, beside - on each side - one side

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A droite (direction - position – à la droite de - en ligne droite)

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To the right - on the right - to the right of - straight away

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A force de

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By dint of

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A l’avance

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Before hand

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A l’heure actuelle

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By now

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A l’issue

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At the end, close of

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A l’unité

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By the unit

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A la suite - l’un après l’autre

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One after another

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A moins que - à moins de - de moins en moins - moins de (dénombrable, non dénombrable)

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Unless - within - less and less - fewer than, less than

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A mon avis

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To my mind

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A peu près - peu à peu - peu avant - peu après

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More or less - little by little - shortly before - afterwards

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A présent

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Presently – by now

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A ras bords

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To the brim

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A tout jamais

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For ever

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A votre convenance…

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It’s up to you

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Actuellement

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Now, currently

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Ailleurs

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Elsewhere

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Ainsi - donc

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Thus

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Approfondi - minutieux

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Thorough - meticulous

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Approximatif

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Coarse

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Attendu que - alors que

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Whereas

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Au bas mot

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At very least

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Au besoin

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If required

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Au cas où

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In case

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Au contraire

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On the contrary

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Au delà

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Beyond

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Au fond, dans l’ensemble, foncièrement

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Basically

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Au moins

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At least

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Au moment où - comme

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As

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Au moyen

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By means

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Au nom de

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On behalf of

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Au plus tard

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At the latest

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Au point que - à tel point que

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So much that

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Aucun des deux (> 2 , 2 et moins de 2)

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None of them, neither of them

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Aussitôt

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Immediatly, right away

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Avoir le droit de - avoir droit à

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Be allowed to - be entitled to (to)

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Bas - En bas - plus bas - vers le bas

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Low - down below - lower down - downwards (verifier dernier)

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Beaucoup trop (dénombrable – non dénombrable)

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Far too many – to much

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Bien que

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Though

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Cependant

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Still, nevertheless

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Clairement

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Flagrantly

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Comme si

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As though, as if

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Complètement - entièrement

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Touroughly

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Conforme à

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In accordance with

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Conformément à

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As per

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Continuez

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Go on, go ahead

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Contraire

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Adverse – reverse - opposite

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Contre toute attente

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Against all odds

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Correctement

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Properly

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Coup sur coup, en série - du premier coup

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In quick succession - at first attempt

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D’affilée

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At a stretch

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D’ailleurs - à propos

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By the way – more over - besides

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D’après - en fonction de - selon

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According to

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D’autant plus

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The more so

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D’autre part - par contre

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On one hand - on the other hand

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D’avant en arrière

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Back and forth

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D’ici…

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Within…

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D’où

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Hence

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D’un seul coup

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At one go

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D’une façon ou d’une autre

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Somehow

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D’une minute à l’autre

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At any moment

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Dans la mesure où

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So far as

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De façon à

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So as to

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De haut en bas - vers le haut – vers le bas

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From top to the bottom – upwards – downwards

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De même - de même que - en même temps - la même - quand même

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Likewise - as well as - at the same time - the same one - even so

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De nos jours

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Nowadays

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De plus, en plus - de plus en plus - tout au plus

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Moreover - more and more, increasingly - at the very most (a verifier)

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De temps en temps

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Now and then

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Depuis 3 heures - il y a 3 heures

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For 3 hours - 3 hours ago

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Désormais

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Henceforth

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Dessous (adverbe) – par dessous

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Underneath - below (a verifier)

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Dessous (bas – fond)

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Bottom, underside

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Dessus (nom - par dessus - au dessus)

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Top – over - above

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Deux fois par an

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Semi annual

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Difficultés (avoir des)

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Have trouble doing something (to)

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Divers

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Various

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Doucement

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Gently

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Durable

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Lasting

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En apparence

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Outwardly, apparently

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En attendant - pendant ce temps

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Meanwhile

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En ce qui concerne, concernant - au point de vue

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Regarding – in connection with

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En effet

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Indeed

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En outre

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Besides

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En partie - en grande partie

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Partly - largely

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En quelque sorte

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Somehow

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En raison de – à cause de

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Due to - owing to

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En rapport avec

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Relevant to

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En tout cas

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Anyway

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En trop – impair – bizarre - inhabituel

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Odd

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En un rien de temps

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In no time

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En vigueur

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Operative

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Enfin

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Finally – at last

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Entièrement

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Fully

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Equivalent

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Optional

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Et pourtant

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And yet

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Etant donné que

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Since (+ présent)

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Eventuellement

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Possibly – If necessary

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Evident

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Plain, obvious

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Faire partie

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Belong to, be part of (to)

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Faire suite

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Follow (to)

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Finalement

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Eventually

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Foncièrement

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Fundamentaly - basically

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Grâce à

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Thanks to

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Heureusement

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Fortunately

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Il en reste un seul

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There is only one left

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Il est exclu…

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It is out of the question

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Il est grand temps

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It’s high time

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Imprévu – à l’improviste

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Unexpected - unexpectedly

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Incertain, indéterminé

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Undefinite

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Incertain (pas sûr)

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Unsure

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Inefficace

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Ineffective

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Inégal

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Uneven

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Inestimable

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Unvaluable

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Inexact

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Inaccurate - faulty

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Inférieur

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Lower – below – under - less

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Inférieur ou égal

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Equal to or less than

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Inverse

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Reverse - opposite

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Jusqu’à maintenant

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Hitherto, up to now

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Jusqu’à nouvel avis

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Until further notice - advice

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Jusque (limite – temps) - jusqu’à présent - jusque là

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(Up to - til) - until now - until then

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L’avant dernier

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Last but one (the)

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Là haut

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Up above

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Le mieux

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Ultimate (the)

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Le plus … des 2 (>2, 2 ou moins de 2)

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Biggest – bigger (the)

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Le seul…

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Only (the)…

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Les deux derniers

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Last two (the)

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Litteralement

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Literally

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Longueur - le long de - longitudinalement

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Length - along - lengthwise

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L’un et l’autre

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Both of them

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Manifestement

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Obviously

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Moyen – au moyen de - moyenne (statistique)

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Mean - by means of - average

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N’importe quoi

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Anything

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Néanmoins

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However – nevertheless - meanwhile

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Ni plus, ni moins

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Neither more or less

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Nonobstant

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Notwithstanding

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Obligatoire

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Mandatory

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Ou bien alors

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Or else

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Par conséquent - c’est pourquoi

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Consequently - therefore

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Par contre - réciproquement

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On the other hand - Conversely

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Par l’intermédiaire de

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Through

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Par la suite

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Afterwards - subsequently – finally - eventually

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Par moments - pour le moment

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At times - for the time being

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Par précaution

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Be in the safe side (to)

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Par rapport à

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With respect to

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Pareil, similaire

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The same

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Parfois

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At times, sometimes

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Parmi

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Among

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Partout - sur toute la surface

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All over

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Pas autant que

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Not so as

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Pas du tout

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Not at all

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Pas un seul

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Not a single

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Pendant

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Troughout

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Pendant ce temps - pendant quelque temps

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In the mean time, meanwhile - for a while

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Petit à petit

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Bit by bit – gradually - little by little

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Pour ainsi dire

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As it were

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Pour tout vous dire

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As a matter of fact

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Pourtant

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Yet

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Pourvu que

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Provided that

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Pratique (commode) - usage

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Convenient - practice

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Préalablement

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Prior to - previously

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Presque - à peine -presque jamais

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Almost, nearly– hardly- hardly ever

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Principalement

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Mostly

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Probable, vraisemblable

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Likely

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Prochainement

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In a early date

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Proche : lieu - temps

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Near, nearby - imminent, impedent

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Purement

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Mearly

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Quant à moi

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As for me

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Quoique

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Whatever

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Récemment - Récent

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Lately – up to date

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Réduire de moitié

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Cut by half (to)

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Réel

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Actual - effective

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Sans aucun doute

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Definitly

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Sans doute

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Inevitably - probably

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Si nécessaire - si besoin

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If necessary - if required

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Significatif

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Significant - relevant

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Sinon

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Otherwise

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Solidement

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Securely

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Soudain – subitement – tout à coup

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Suddenly

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Soumis à - Sous réserve de

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Subject to

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Sous-jacent

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Underlying

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Supérieur ou égal

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Equal to or more than

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Supplémentaire

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Aditional - further

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Sûr (certain - fiable- sans danger)

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Sure – reliable - safe

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Sur la même ligne, de

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front Abreast

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Sur place

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On the spot

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Tant que

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As long as

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Tour (à tour de rôle - faire le tour)

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In turn - to go a round

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Tous les deux jours

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Every other day

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Tout d’un coup

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All at once

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Travers (à travers - de travers - en travers – par le travers)

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Through – askew, aslant – across - abeam

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Une suite de

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A succession of

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Vers l’arrière

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Aft, abaft

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Vers le haut – vers le bas

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Up, upwards - downwards

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Vraiment – effectivement – en fait

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Actually