30 - Organiser ses idées dans un essai

Question 1

Dans quelle mesure peut on dire que

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To what extent can we say that

Question 2

Cela va sans dire

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it goes without saying that

Question 3

Je suis impatient de le rencontrer

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Im looking forward to meeting him

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Quant à

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As for/As regards..

Question 5

Il ne peut pas être nié que

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It cannot be denied that/It’s a well-know fact that

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C-a-d

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That is to say

Question 7

D’un coté/de l’autre côté

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On the one’s hand/on the other hand

Question 8

Les opinions sont partagés sur la question

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Opinions are divided on that question

Question 9

Finalement

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Eventually

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En bref

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In a nutshell/In a word

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On pourrait aussi mentionner le fait que..

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We may as well mention the fact that..

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De la même façon

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Likewise

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Tout ceci laisse penser que

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All this tends to prove that

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Jusqu’à un certain point

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To a certain extent

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Dans une certaine mesure

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Up to a point

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Par exemple

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For instance

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Malheureusement

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Unfortunately

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Le dernier mais non le moindre

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Last but not least

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Du fait de

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On account of

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De plus

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Besides/Moreover/Furthermore

Question 21

Faute de..

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For lack of..

Question 22

Cela ne manquera pas de se produire

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It is bound to happen

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Je suis opposé à

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Im opposed to

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Est il besoin d’ajouter

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Need we also point out that

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Des situations comme celles ci

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Situations such as this one/these

Question 26

Ce que j’aimerais souligner c’est que..

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What I would like to point out is that..

Question 27

Selon qqun

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According to someone

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Je ne peux pas m’empêcher de penser que

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I cannot help thinking that

Question 29

Être réticent à faire qqchose

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To be reluctant to do smth

Question 30

Par dessus tout

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Above all

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Comme on l’a dit précédemment

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As we have already mentioned before/previously seen

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Pour rien au monde

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Not for any reasons

Question 33

Je meurs d’envie d’essayer le saut à l’élastique

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Im dying to try bungee jumping

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Aussi bizarre que cela puisse paraître

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As paradoxical as it may seem

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En guise de conclusion

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As a conclusion

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Il y a un autre argument qui ne peut être ignoré, celui.

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There’s an other argument which cannot be ignored, namely..

Question 37

Avant tout

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First and foremost

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En règle générale

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As a general rule

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Etant donné que

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Due to/Considering

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Peut on aller jusqu’a dire que

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Can we go as far as to say that.

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Tout bien considéré

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To cut a long story short

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En y réfléchissant bien

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On second thoughts

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Donc

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Therefore

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Cela vaut le coup de mentionner le fait que

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It is well worth mentioning that..

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En d’autres terme

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To put it differently/In other words

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J’irais même jusqu’à dire que

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I would even go as far as to say that

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Troisièmement

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Thirdly

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Puisque

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Since

Question 49

On a l’impression que..

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We are under the impression that..

Question 50

Sans oublier

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Not to mention

Question 51

Je préfère la montagne à la mer

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I like the mountains better than the seaside

Question 52

Le revers de la médaille cependant est que..

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The other side of the coin however is that..

Question 53

Cela revient à dire que

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This amounts to say that

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De mon point de vue

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In my opinion

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Deuxièmement

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Secondly

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Pour illustrer mon point de vue

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To illustrate my point

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Il faut souligner que..

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It should be stressed that..

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Cela soulève une question important

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It raises an fundamental question

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A première vue

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At first blush/sight, it would seem that..

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Cela revient à dire

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It all comes down to saying that

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A mon avis

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As far as I am concerned

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Cela nous mène a nous demander si..

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This leads us to wonder whether..

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Tout bien considéré

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All things considered

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J’aurais préféré que tu lui dises la vérité

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I’d rather you had told him the truth

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En général il est dit que

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It is generally said/asserted that

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En aucun cas nous devons

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By no means must we

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On doit peser le pour et le contre de la question

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We must weigh the pros and the cons of that problem

Question 68

Si je ne me trompe pas

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If I am not mistaken