Abstract notions - Possibility, impossibility and probability Flashcards

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possible -> peut-être / éventuellement

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possible -> possibly

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une possibilité = éventualité

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a possibility

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impossible -> une impossibilité

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impossible -> an impossibility

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peut-être (2 mots)

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perhaps = maybe

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faisable -> la faisabilité

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feasible -> feasibility

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infaisable -> la non faisabilité

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unfeasible -> unfeasibility

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réalisable / accessible (3 mots)

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practicable / workable / attainable

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irréalisable / inaccessible

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unattainable

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praticable = franchissable

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passable (faux ami)

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permettre à qqn de faire qqch

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to enable sb to do sth

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faciliter

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to facilitate

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probable (2 mots) -> la probabilité

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probable = likely -> likelihood

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improbable (2 mots) -> l’improbabilité

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improbable = unlikely -> improbability

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probablement # assez peu vraisemblablement

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probably # improbably

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demander l’impossible

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to ask for the impossible

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tenter l’impossible

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to attempt the impossible

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accomplir l’impossible

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to achieve the impossible

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une étude faisabilité

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a feasibility study

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un objectif inacessible

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an unattainable aim = objective

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une route praticable / un fleuve franchissable

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a passable road / river

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une possibilité s’est présentée

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a possibility arose / materialized / presented itself

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il est impossible qu’elle ait fait une chose pareille

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She can’t have done such a thing

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il se peut qu’il soit charmant avec vous

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He may / might be charming with you

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je pourrais si je voulais

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I could if I wanted to

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A l’impossible nul n’est tenu

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Nobody can be expected to do the impossible

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envisager une éventualité

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to envisage a possibility

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explorer / examiner une possibilité

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to explore / look into a possibility

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négliger / laisser échapper une possibilité

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to neglect / overlook a possibility

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c’est dans le domaine du possible

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it’s within the bounds of possibility

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il est peu probable qu’elle soit d’accord

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she is not likely to agree

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contre toute attente

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against all odds

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il y a peu de chances qu’on parvienne à un accord

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the odds are against a deal

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il y a de fortes chances qu’on parvienne à un accord

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the odds are in favour of a deal

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elle a de fortes chances d’obtenir le poste

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she has an odds-on chance of getting the post

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dans le cas peu probable où …

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in the unlikely event of …

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selon toute probabilité, nous conclurons l’affaire (2 phrases)

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In all probability/likelihood, we’ll clinch the deal.

The chances are that we’ll clinch the deal.

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tout est possible

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anything’s possible

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c’est dans le domaine du possible

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it’s within the bounds of possibility

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on n’y peut rien

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it can’t be helped

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impossible n’est pas français

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there is no such word as “can’t”