"arguing" Flashcards

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à l’heure actuelle

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at this moment in time

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à première vue

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at first sight

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à titre d’exemple

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to quote an exeample

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C’est pareil avec …

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It’s just the same with

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C’est tellement plus facile de …

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It’s so much easier to

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C’est une question de

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It’s a question of

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Ce qui est sur, c’est que …

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What’s certain is that …

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Cela est dû surtout à …

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That is due above all to

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d’abord et avant tout

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first and foremost

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d’après les sondages

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according to the polls

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d’autant plus que

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all the more so because

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de mon côté

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as for me

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en ce qui concerne …

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as far as … in concerned

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en conséquence

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as a result

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en premier lieu, tout d’abord

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in the first place

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Il ne faut pas oublier que …

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It must not be forgotten that …

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il s’agit de …

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it’s a question of …

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le fait est que …

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the fact is that …

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Je ne pourrais pas m’en passer (de Patrick)

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I couldn’t do without it

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pour ainsi dire

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so to speak

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pour ma part

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as far as I’m concerned

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sans parler de …

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not to mention …

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si besoin

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if necessary

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tout dépend de

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it all depends on

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autant dire que ...
that's as good as saying that ...
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avoir tort
be wrong
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bien entendu, mais ...
certainly, but ...
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Ce sont les aspects négatifs
Those are the negative points
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Cela a l'air d'être ...
That appears to be ...
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cela dit
that said
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Cela n'a aucun rapport avec / cela n'a rien à voir avec
That has nothing to do with
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Cela ne sert pas à grand chose
That's not very useful
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Cela ne veut pas dire que ...
That doesn't mean that ..
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ce n'est pas ça
that's not it
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certes, mais ...
it's true that, but ...
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c'est totalement faux
it's absolutely wrong
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c'est plutôt le contraire
it's rather the reverse
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d'autre part / en revanche
on the other hand
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en réalité
in reality
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étant donné que
given that
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Je me demande si ...
I wonder if ...
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Je ne suis pas tout à fait d'accord
I'm not entirely in agreement
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Je trouve que c'est un peu dommage, parce que
I think it's rather a pity, because
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la pire des solutions
the worst possible solution
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loin de là
far form it
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Nous devons faire autre chose
We should do something else
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On ferait mieux de ...
We would do better to ...
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Pas question de ...
There's no question of ...
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Pas tant que cela ...
Not as much as all that
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Tout de même
All the same
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à condition que ...
on condition that ...
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alors / par contre
Whereas on the other hand
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à mi-chemin entre
half-way between
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bref
in short
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Ca ne pose pas de problème
That doesn't oresent any problems
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Ce qui est clair c'est ...
What's clear is ...
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C'est ainsi que ...
That's why ...
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Comment faire ?
What is to be done ?
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Dans la mesure où ...
To the extent that ...
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De toute façon / en tous cas
at all events
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d'une manière générale
in general terms
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en fin de compte
in the end
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en somme
to sum up
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en un mot
in a word
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Il faut faire en sorte que ...
We should arrange it so that ...
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Je terminerai en citant ...
I will end by quoting ...
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surtout que ...
above all because