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1
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One hundred percent

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à cent pour cent

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Without question

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sans aucun doute / sans nul doute / Incontestablement

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Exactly/Exactly right

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exactement !

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Most certainly

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très certainement

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Without a doubt

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sans doute

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In no case

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en aucun cas

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That isn’t true at all

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ce n’est pas du tout vrai

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That is an exaggeration

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c’est exagéré

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Certainly, why not?

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certainement, pourquoi pas ?

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10
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We agreed that …

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nous avons convenu que…

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I absolutely agree …

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je suis totalement d’accord…

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I completely agree with you, but …

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je suis complètement d’accord avec toi, mais…

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That would be a good idea

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ça serait une bonne idée

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That’s an interesting thought

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c’est une idée intéressante

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15
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I fully agree with you

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je suis complètement d’accord avec toi

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16
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Yes, I simply must agree

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oui, je dois bien le reconnaître

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17
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I am glad to hear it

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je suis heureux/heureuse de l’entendre

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18
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I am of the same opinion

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je suis du même avis

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Sorry, but I can’t agree with that

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désolé(e) mais je ne peux pas être d’accord avec ça

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I am of a different opinion because …

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j’ai un avis différent, car… / je suis d’un autre avis car

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21
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I understand your point, but…

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je comprends ce que tu veux dire mais

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22
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I can’t agree at all

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je ne peux pas être d’accord du tout

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23
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I can agree, provided that …

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je peux être d’accord, pourvu que…

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We’ll do it only on the condition that …

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on le fera à condition que…

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25
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I agree under the condition that …

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je suis d’accord à condition que…

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26
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I would agree provided that …

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je serais d’accord si…

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27
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I agree with that, provided that …

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je suis d’accord avec ça, pourvu que…

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28
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I can agree to that with the provision that …

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je peux être d’accord avec ça à condition que…

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29
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I don’t like to complain, but …

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je n’aime pas me plaindre mais…

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30
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Unfortunately, I am not at all satisfied with …

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Malheureusement, je ne suis pas du tout satisfait/satisfaite de…

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31
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I am of the same opinion as you

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je suis du même avis que toi

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32
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I am against it

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je suis contre

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33
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On no account

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en aucun cas

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34
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Don’t be upset, but …

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ne t’énerve pas mais

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35
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I said it that way by mistake/ I shouldn’t have said it that way

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je n’aurais pas dû le dire de cette manière

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36
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I am sorry but …

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je suis désolé(e) mais…

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37
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I am afraid to say that …

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Je dois malheureusement dire que

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38
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I am afraid that …

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j’ai peur que…

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39
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I hope you won’t be offended if …

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j’espère que tu ne le prendras pas mal si…

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40
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I blame myself that …

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Je me reproche de / Je me sens responsable de …

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41
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I would like to, but unfortunately …

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j’aimerais, mais malheureusement…

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42
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If you will allow …

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si tu le permets… / si vous le permettez

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43
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I am unable to explain why …

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je suis incapable d’expliquer pourquoi…

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44
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Words fail me when …

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les mots me manquent quand…

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45
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I am sorry to interrupt, but …

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Je suis désolé(e) de vous interrompre, mais…

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46
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I am sorry to bother you, but …

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Je suis désolé(e) de te déranger, mais…

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47
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I must admit that I really don’t know the answer

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je dois avouer que je n’en sais rien du tout

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48
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Unfortunately, I can’t answer that

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malheureusement je ne peux pas répondre à ça

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49
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Unfortunately there is no easy answer to that question

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malheureusement il n’y a pas de réponse facile à cette question

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50
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I am sorry if my French is a little difficult to understand

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Je suis désolé(e) si mon français est un peu difficile à comprendre

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51
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I am sorry, but I don’t know the exact expression for it in French

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je suis désolé(e), mais je ne connais pas le terme exact pour ça en français

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52
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I am absolutely convinced that …

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je suis absolument convaincu que…

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53
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You know just as well as I do that..

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tu sais aussi bien que moi que…

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54
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It is a safe bet that …, Calmly, I bet that…

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Il est fort à parier que …

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55
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I am satisfied that …

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je suis content que…

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56
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Rest assured that …

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sois sûr(e) que… Soyez sûr(e) que

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57
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It is absolutely correct that …

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il est absolument correct que… / Il est tout à fait exact que …

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58
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I can proudly state that …

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je peux fièrement dire que… / Je peux affirmer avec fierté que …

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59
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It is simply true that …

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il est tout simplement vrai que…

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60
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The fact remains/stays that …

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le fait est que… / Il n’en reste pas moins que… / Toujours est-il que…

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61
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It is well known that …

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il est bien connu que…

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62
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It is no secret that …

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ce n’est pas un secret que…

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63
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The fact that …

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le fait que…

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64
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I insist on it that …

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j’insiste sur le fait que…

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65
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It is clear that …

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il est clair que…

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66
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The matter of the fact is that …

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Le fait est que …

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67
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This shows that …

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cela montre que…

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68
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The question is …

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la question est…

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69
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It is surprising that …

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il est surprenant que…

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70
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I don’t have the slightest idea about it …

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je n’en ai pas la moindre idée…

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71
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The only trouble is that …

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le seul problème c’est que…

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72
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The only trouble (with that) is that …

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le seul problème avec ça, c’est que…

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73
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It is self evident that …

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Il est évident que … / Il va de soi que…

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74
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You have my word that …

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tu as ma parole que… / Vous avez la parole que…

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75
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Take it from me that …

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Croyez-moi, …

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76
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It is noteworthy that …

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Il convient de noter que

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77
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It seems very unlikely that …

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il semble très peu probable que…

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78
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It is totally natural that …

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il est totalement naturel que…

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79
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Contrary to what most people think …

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contrairement à ce que beaucoup de gens pensent…

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80
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I think that it isn’t very probable …

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je pense que ce n’est pas très probable…

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81
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It is scarcely conceivable that …

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On peut difficilement concevoir que … (Il est difficilement imaginable que …)

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82
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It is obvious that …

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il est évident que…

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83
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There is a danger that …

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il y a un danger que…

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84
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It is incorrect that …

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il est incorrect que…

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85
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It makes sense that …

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ça a du sens que…

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86
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In spite of my expectations …

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malgré mes attentes…

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87
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You only have to look at it in order to see that …

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il faut seulement que tu le regardes pour que tu voies que… / Il te suffit d’y jeter un coup d’œil pour voir que

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88
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Certainly you can’t fail to notice that …

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il est impossible que tu ne remarques pas que…

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89
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I am almost sure that …

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je suis presque sûr(e) que…

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90
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The most important thing is that …

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la chose la plus importante est que…

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91
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The main thing is that …

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le principal est que…

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92
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I don’t have the slightest notion why …

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je n’ai pas la moindre idée de pourquoi…

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93
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I don’t see any reason why …

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Je ne vois pas pourquoi

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94
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I don’t understand at all why …

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je ne comprends pas du tout pourquoi…

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95
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It is hardly surprising that …

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Il n’est pas du tout surprenant que

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96
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The good thing about it is that …

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Le bon côté (de cela) est que …

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97
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The snag with that is that …

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L’inconvénient de cela est que …

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98
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That might be one of the reasons why …

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ça pourrait être une des raisons pour lesquelles…

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99
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There is no point in pretending that ..

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Il est inutile de prétendre que …

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100
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I bet that …

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je parie que…

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101
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It is necessary …

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il est nécessaire…

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102
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In spite of the fact that …

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malgré le fait que… / En dépit du fait que ..

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103
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I don’t claim that …

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je ne dis pas que… / je ne prétends pas que

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104
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It won’t do any harm if …

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ça ne fera de mal à personne si…

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105
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If it were up to me …

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si ça dépendait de moi…

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106
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I will see to it that …

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Je veillerai à ce que …

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107
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Luck is on your side …

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la chance est avec toi / vous

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108
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I warmly recommend in order that you go …

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Je recommande chaleureusement afin que vous alliez

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109
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There is still a chance that …

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il y a toujours une chance que…

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110
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Well, I don’t think it would be wise

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bon, je ne pense pas que ce serait sage

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111
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I am totally certain that …

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je suis totalement certain(e) que…

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112
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I genuinely do think that …

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je pense vraiment que…

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113
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It is very hard to believe that …

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il est difficile de croire que…

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114
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I am completely convinced that …

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je suis complètement convaincu(e) que…

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115
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I am not totally convinced that …

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je ne suis pas totalement convaincu(e) que…

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116
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I have very serious doubts, because …

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j’ai de très sérieux doutes, car…

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117
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There is no doubt about it that …

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cela ne fait aucun doute que…

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118
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That is an important point

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c’est un point important

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119
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You must realize that …

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tu dois te rendre compte que…

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120
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You should know that …

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tu devrais savoir que…

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121
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We must bear in mind the fact that …

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tu devrais garder en tête que…

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122
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It stands to reason that …

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c’est logique que… / Il va de soi que

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123
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That is all there is to say (with that, that is everything said)

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c’est tout ce qu’il y a à dire

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124
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That is all for now

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c’est tout pour le moment

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125
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To sum up

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en résumé

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126
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And there (in that) is the problem

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et là est le problème

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127
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I hope it is only a question of time

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j’espère que c’est seulement une question de temps

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128
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That remains to be seen

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ça reste à voir

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Before I finish …

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avant de finir…

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Allow me to thank you very much for everything.

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permets-moi de te remercier pour tout

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I am afraid that time is against us

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j’ai bien peur que le temps joue en notre défaveur

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I’d better stop now

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je ferais mieux d’arrêter tout de suite

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So, goodbye and thanks again

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alors, au revoir et merci encore

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I hope we see each other again soon

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j’espère que l’on se reverra bientôt

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I have attempted to explain here that …

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j’ai essayé ici d’expliquer que…

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Time is running short so …

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nous n’avons plus beaucoup de temps donc…

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In conclusion I would like to say that …

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en conclusion je voudrais dire que…

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In short then …

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en bref, alors…

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Before I finish, I’d like to summarize again the main points …

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avant de finir, j’aimerais résumer une nouvelle fois les points principaux…

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I am afraid that time is against us, so we’d better stop here

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j’ai bien peur que le temps joue en notre défaveur, alors nous ferions mieux d’arrêter là

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To be more precise …

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pour être plus précis…

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And what’s more …

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et qui plus est ..

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While I am already talking about it …

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tant que je parle de ça…

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I would like to emphasize that …

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Je voudrais souligner que …

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Should I explain in greater detail?

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devrais-je expliquer plus en détail ?

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Allow me to say it another way …

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permettez-moi de le dire d’une autre manière…

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That is to say …

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ceci pour dire…

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And more specifically …

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et plus spécialement…

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Nevertheless …

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cependant / néanmoins

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Even though …

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même si…

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That sounds like …

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Cela semble …

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And that is why …

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et c’est pourquoi…

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In other words …

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en d’autres mots…

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To say it another way …

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Autrement dit, …

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Moreover …

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de plus…

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Another advantage is that …

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un autre avantage est que…

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Another disadvantage is that …

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un autre inconvénient est que…

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What interests me the most is …

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ce qui m’intéresse le plus est…

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The interesting thing about it is that …

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ce qui est intéressant à propos de ça est que…

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Like I have just mentioned …

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comme je viens de le dire…

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I would like to explain to you how …

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j’aimerais vous expliquer comment…

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I will attempt to explain to you how …

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j’essaierai de vous expliquer comment…

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It happened like this …

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ça c’est passé comme ça…

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To put it in a nutshell …

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pour résumer…

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Putting it briefly …

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en bref…

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Like I just said …

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comme je viens de dire…

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And to make matters worse …

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Et pour ne rien arranger …

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As I have explained …

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comme je viens de l’expliquer…

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If I could summarize what I have said so far ..

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si je devais résumer ce que j’ai dit jusqu’ici

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A good example of this is …

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un bon exemple serait…

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What I am trying to say is that …

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ce que j’essaie de dire, c’est que…

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The crux of the matter is …

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Le point essentiel est (le nœud du problème est )

173
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I must emphasize that …

A

Je tiens à souligner que …

174
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I would like to add something …

A

j’aimerais ajouter quelque chose…

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Allow me to recap for a moment

A

permettez-moi de tout récapituler

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Allow me now to summarize again

A

laissez-moi récapituler à nouveau

177
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As an extension to this …

A

Par extension …

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Another way of saying it is …

A

une autre façon de le dire est…

179
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I’ll attempt to put that more clearly

A

je vais essayer de le dire de manière plus claire…

180
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Allow me to clarify that for you

A

laisse-moi t’expliquer ça… / permettez-moi de clarifier cela pour vous

181
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To be more concrete …

A

concrètement…

182
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Let’s go into this in more detail

A

allons-y plus en détail

183
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It worried me that …

A

Je m’inquiète de ce que …

184
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My greatest worry is that …

A

Le plus préoccupant est que …

185
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I was amazed that …

A

J’ai été étonné(e) que…

186
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To my horror I realized that …

A

Je me suis rendu compte avec horreur que

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I was scared stiff when …

A

J’avais une peur bleue quand

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It is a crying shame that …

A

Il est scandaleux que

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It is such a shame that …

A

C’est dommage que

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It is a pity that I don’t know …

A

Il est dommage que je ne sache pas …

191
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I got a shock when …

A

J’ai eu un choc quand

192
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I was shocked (with it) when (what) I heard that …

A

J’ai été choqué(e) d’entendre que

193
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It was a bit shocking for me when I saw …

A

J’ai été un peu choqué(e) de voir

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It isn’t often that …

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Ce n’est pas tous les jours que / Il est rare que

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It is extremely lucky that …

A

Quelle chance que

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I am grateful that …

A

Je suis reconnaissant(e) que

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I was relieved when I learned that …

A

J’ai été soulagé(e) d’apprendre que

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It amused me when …

A

J’ai trouvé amusant que

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I was astonished to learn that ….

A

J’ai été étonné(e) d’apprendre que

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It is pleasant to know that …

A

Il est agréable de savoir que

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I am proud that …

A

Je suis fier que / je suis fière que …

202
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I am terribly nervous …

A

Je suis horriblement nerveux (nerveuse)

203
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The funny thing about (on) it is that …

A

Ce qui est amusant c’est que

204
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My one regret is that …

A

Mon seul regret est que …

205
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It is amazing how much …

A

C’est étonnant comme

206
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I don’t like to say this, but ..

A

Je n’aime pas dire cela, mais …

207
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I terribly dislike to say this but …

A

ça me déplaît terriblement de dire cela mais (je déteste dire cela mais)

208
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I hate when …

A

je déteste quand

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The sad thing about (on) it is that …

A

Ce qui est triste, c’est que

210
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I am pleased that …

A

Je suis content(e) que …

211
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It is a great pleasure that …

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C’est un grand plaisir de …

212
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I am grateful for the opportunity …

A

Je suis reconnaissant(e) de cette occasion qui m’est donnée

213
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What a pity

A

Quel dommage

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That is very unfortunate

A

C’est fort regrettable

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I trust that …

A

j’espère que (j’ai bon espoir que)

216
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I am astonished

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je suis étonné(e)

217
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Well, that’s a pleasant surprise

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Eh bien, c’est une bonne surprise

218
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That is really surprising

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C’est très surprenant

219
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That is unbelievable

A

C’est incroyable

220
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Who would have thought it?

A

Qui aurait pu l’imaginer ?

221
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I am very encouraged

A

Je suis encouragé(e)

222
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It is disgraceful

A

C’est honteux

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I am sick of it

A

j’en ai marre de cela

224
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It is rather (enough) boring

A

C’est plutôt ennuyant

225
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I am disappointed

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je suis déçu(e)

226
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I am hesitating

A

j’hésite

227
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Understandably …

A

C’est compréhensible

228
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Frankly speaking …

A

A vrai dire

229
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Between you and me …

A

Entre toi et moi… / Entre vous et moi

230
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Anyway …

A

De toute façon, …

231
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Well then …

A

Eh bien

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Well, as a matter of fact …

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Eh bien, en fait,

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How can I put it?

A

Comment dirais-je ?

234
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I must say that …

A

Je dois dire que …

235
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Firstly …

A

Premièrement …

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Secondly …

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Deuxièmement …

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I am afraid that …

A

J’ai peur que …

238
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Now and then it seems to me that …

A

De temps à autre, il me semble que

239
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As far as I am concerned …

A

En ce qui me concerne…

240
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More and more …

A

de plus en plus …

241
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Actually …

A

En fait … / Vraiment …

242
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All joking aside …

A

Toute blague mise à part …

243
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Now seriously …

A

Maintenant sérieusement …

244
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To be totally frank …

A

Pour être tout à fait honnête

245
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It is good to know that …

A

Il est bon de savoir que …

246
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Well, to put it briefly …

A

Eh bien, en résumé

247
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It is worth mentioning that …

A

Cela vaut le coup de mentionner que …

248
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I think that I should point out that …

A

Je pense qu’il me faut préciser que

249
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I should mention that …

A

Je dois mentionner que …

250
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Now that you mention it, I really do think that …

A

Maintenant que vous le dites, je pense vraiment que

251
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It is remarkable that …

A

Il est remarquable que

252
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I am amazed that …

A

Je suis étonné(e) que

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I must admit that …

A

Je dois admettre que …

254
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I grant that …

A

Je reconnais que

255
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I must grant that …

A

Je dois reconnaître que

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On the one hand … on the other …

A

d’une part … d’autre part …

257
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After all …

A

Après tout ..

258
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I should say that …

A

Je dois dire que …

259
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Oddly enough …

A

Assez bizarrement / Curieusement

260
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I would like to tell you that …

A

Je voudrais vous dire que …

261
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I would like to know whether …

A

Je voudrais savoir si …

262
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It is unbelievable how …

A

C’est incroyable comme

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It is necessary to say that …

A

Il faut dire que …

264
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I think that I should point out to you that …

A

Je pense que je devrais vous faire remarquer que …

265
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If you ask me …

A

Si tu m’interroges…

266
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I’d like to say something about …

A

Je voudrais dire quelque chose au sujet de …

267
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I’d like to say a couple of words about this …

A

Je voudrais dire quelques mots à ce sujet

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Thank you heartily

A

Merci du fond du cœur

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That is such a good question

A

C’est une très bonne question

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That is a difficult question

A

C’est une question difficile

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Once upon a time, long ago …

A

Il était une fois, il y a très longtemps…

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I must first say that …

A

Tout d’abord je dois dire que …

273
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I think that I should immediately say from the start that ..

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Je pense que je devrais immédiatement dire dès le début que …

274
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I would like to make one thing clear from the start

A

Je tiens à préciser une chose dès le début

275
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I will be talking for about ten minutes

A

Je parlerai pendant environ dix minutes

276
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I’ll start with … and afterwards move on to …

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Je vais commencer avec/par … et ensuite je passerai à …

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The reason why I am here is …

A

La raison pour laquelle je suis ici est que …

278
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We are here to talk about …

A

Nous sommes ici pour discuter de …

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The reason we are here is …

A

La raison pour laquelle nous sommes ici est …

280
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Today we shall look at …

A

Aujourd’hui, nous allons regarder à…

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Today’s topic is …

A

Le sujet de ce jour est …

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I think that I should say right from the start that …

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Je pense que je devrais dire dès le début que…

283
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I’d like to make clear one thing from the very start …

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J’aimerais préciser une chose dès le début …

284
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Today I will be talking about …

A

Aujourd’hui, je vais vous parler de …

285
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I know that there isn’t time to spare, so I’d better make a start

A

Je sais qu’il n’y a pas de temps à perdre, je ferais mieux de commencer

286
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I’d like to start with a general overview and after focus on …

A

Je voudrais commencer par un aperçu général et après je mettrais l’accent sur …

287
Q

Can you tell me please …

A

Pouvez-vous me dire s’il vous plait …

288
Q

Would you be interested in us talking about something else?

A

voudriez vous qu’on parle d’autre chose?

289
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And what do you think?

A

Et qu’en pensez-vous ?

290
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How did it turn out?

A

comment cela s’est passé?

291
Q

Would you say that …

A

Diriez-vous que…

292
Q

Wouldn’t you say that …

A

Ne diriez-vous pas que…

293
Q

Could you tell me …

A

Pourriez-vous me dire …

294
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I really would like to know, what …

A

Je voudrais vraiment savoir …

295
Q

I would like to know why …

A

Je voudrais savoir pourquoi …

296
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Could I request your views on the matter?

A

Pourrais-je demander votre point de vue sur la question?

297
Q

What is going on?

A

Qu’est-ce qui se passe ?

298
Q

I’d like to know whether …

A

Je voudrais savoir si …

299
Q

To tell the truth …

A

A vrai dire

300
Q

I presume that …

A

Je suppose que

301
Q

I hope that …

A

J’espère que …

302
Q

In my opinion …

A

A mon avis, …

303
Q

If that is true …

A

Si c’est vrai, …

304
Q

I don’t know exactly …

A

Je ne sais pas exactement …

305
Q

The way I see it is that …

A

De mon point de vue,

306
Q

I would like to think that …

A

J’aimerais croire que

307
Q

As you may know …

A

Comme vous le savez peut-être

308
Q

I don’t have a big interest in that

A

Je n’ai pas un grand intérêt pour cela

309
Q

If I understand correctly …

A

Si je comprends bien…

310
Q

As you already know …

A

Comme vous le savez déjà …

311
Q

That isn’t such a big problem

A

Ce n’est pas un grand problème

312
Q

That is a matter of opinion

A

C’est une question d’opinion

313
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As far as I know …

A

A ma connaissance …

314
Q

I have the impression that …

A

J’ai l’impression que

315
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It is usually true that …

A

Il est généralement vrai que…

316
Q

You never know, but …

A

On ne sait jamais, mais

317
Q

I haven’t thought about it before, but …

A

Je n’ai pas réfléchi à cela auparavant, mais

318
Q

If I am not mistaken …

A

Si je ne me trompe,

319
Q

I am not certain whether …

A

Je ne suis pas certain(e) que / je ne suis pas sûr(e) que

320
Q

Like every other man …

A

Comme tous les autres hommes..

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I have my own opinion on it, but

A

J’ai mon propre opinion à ce sujet, mais

322
Q

I am not such an expert, but

A

Je ne suis pas un expert, mais

323
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If you ask my opinion …

A

Si vous me demandez mon opinion…

324
Q

I would say that …

A

Je voudrais dire que …

325
Q

As I see it …

A

D’après moi

326
Q

Personally, I think that …

A

Personnellement, je pense que ..

327
Q

My own feeling is that …

A

Mon sentiment est que…

328
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I really have a feeling that …

A

J’ai vraiment l’impression que…

329
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I have a suspicion that …

A

Je soupçonne que …

330
Q

It is only a hunch, but …

A

C’est seulement une intuition, mais…

331
Q

I have a hunch that …

A

J’ai le pressentiment que

332
Q

I have an uneasy hunch that …

A

J’ai le désagréable pressentiment que

333
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I find it hard to believe that …

A

J’ai du mal à croire que…

334
Q

I believe that …

A

Je crois que …

335
Q

I firmly believe that …

A

J’ai la ferme conviction que

336
Q

Contrary to (across) my expectations …

A

Contrairement à mes attentes …

337
Q

I could swear (would take poison) on it that …

A

Je peux jurer que…

338
Q

I suppose that …

A

Je suppose que …

339
Q

It doesn’t necessarily mean that …

A

Cela ne signifie pas nécessairement que

340
Q

A lot depends on how …

A

Tout dépend de la façon dont

341
Q

There is no guarantee that …

A

Il n’y a pas de garantie que

342
Q

On (in) the assumption that …

A

en supposant que / dans l’hypothèse où /

343
Q

Time will show whether …

A

le temps nous dira si…

344
Q

On first appearances, it seems that …

A

A première vue, il semble que

345
Q

Now that I come to think of it …

A

maintenant que j’y pense…

346
Q

On full reflection …

A

en y repensant bien…

347
Q

I am tempted to believe that …

A

je suis tenté(e) de croire que…

348
Q

I can’t help thinking that …

A

je ne peux pas m’empêcher de penser que…

349
Q

I can’t get rid of the feeling that …

A

Je ne peux me débarrasser du sentiment que

350
Q

If all goes well …

A

si tout va bien…

351
Q

So that you understand me …

A

pour que tu me comprennes…

352
Q

Sometimes I ask myself if …

A

des fois je me demande si… / Parfois, je me demande si

353
Q

I am trying to say …

A

ce que j’essaie de dire c’est que…

354
Q

I rather think that …

A

je pense plutôt que…

355
Q

My point of view is that …

A

mon point de vue est que…

356
Q

If I understood correctly …

A

si j’ai bien compris…

357
Q

According to my experiences …

A

d’après mon expérience…

358
Q

I may be wrong, but …

A

je peux me tromper mais…

359
Q

One never knows, but …

A

on ne sait jamais mais…

360
Q

I haven’t really thought about it yet, but …

A

je n’y ai pas vraiment pensé pour le moment, mais…

361
Q

That’s hard to say, but …

A

c’est dur à dire mais… / C’est difficile à dire, mais

362
Q

She said something like …

A

elle a dit quelque chose comme…

363
Q

My wife pointed out that …

A

Ma femme a souligné que …

364
Q

Recently, I heard that …

A

il y a peu, j’ai entendu que…

365
Q

My better half said that …

A

Ma meilleure moitié a dit que…

366
Q

It was said to me, that …

A

on m’a dit que…

367
Q

From what I have heard …

A

D’après ce que j’ai entendu…

368
Q

Rumor has it that …

A

Le bruit court que …

369
Q

He pointed out that …

A

Il a fait remarquer que …

370
Q

It is rumored that …

A

On entend des rumeurs selon lesquelles …

371
Q

It is an old superstition that …

A

c’est une vieille superstition que…

372
Q

They say that …

A

on dit que…

373
Q

As they say …

A

comme on dit…

374
Q

Judging by what he said …

A

D’après ce qu’il a dit …

375
Q

I found out that …

A

Je me suis rendu compte que …

376
Q

It started to be evident that …

A

il a commencé à être évident que…

377
Q

I didn’t know, and I still don’t know, whether …

A

je ne savais pas, et ne sais toujours pas, si…

378
Q

I soon realized that …

A

j’ai vite réalisé que…

379
Q

I never realized that …

A

je ne me suis jamais rendu compte que…

380
Q

Eventually I realized that …

A

finalement je me suis rendu compte que…

381
Q

It seemed to me that …

A

il me paraissait que…

382
Q

I recollect that …

A

je me souviens que…

383
Q

As far as I remember …

A

Autant que je m’en souvienne… / Si j’ai bonne mémoire …/ SI je me souviens bien, …

384
Q

I vaguely remember that …

A

je me souviens vaguement que…

385
Q

An idea flashed through my mind that …

A

Une idée qui m’est venue à l’esprit est que …

386
Q

I don’t recall exactly …

A

je ne me souviens pas exactement…

387
Q

The one thing which I recall is that …

A

la seule chose dont je me rappelle est que…

388
Q

It struck me that …

A

J’ai été frappé(e) par …

389
Q

It soon became apparent that …

A

il est vite devenu évident que…

390
Q

You can imagine my surprise when …

A

tu peux imaginer ma surprise quand…

391
Q

At last I realized that …

A

à la fin je me suis rendu compte que…

392
Q

Later I learned that …

A

plus tard j’ai appris que…

393
Q

It started to become soon clear, that …

A

Il devenait de plus en plus évident que

394
Q

It occurred to me that …

A

Il me semblait que

395
Q

There came a time when …

A

Le temps est venu où

396
Q

As things turned out …

A

Au bout du compte

397
Q

I became firmly of the opinion that …

A

J’étais de plus en plus fermement convaincu(e) que

398
Q

Mistakenly I assumed that …

A

J’avais supposé à tort que

399
Q

I decided that …

A

j’ai décidé que

400
Q

I told myself that …

A

je me suis dit que

401
Q

And so it happened that …

A

Et il arriva que …

402
Q

Now it occurs to me that …

A

Il me semble maintenant que …

403
Q

By the way …

A

Au fait …

404
Q

I have an interesting story about it

A

J’ai une histoire intéressante à ce sujet.

405
Q

And besides that …

A

Et à côté de cela…

406
Q

Oh, I nearly forgot …

A

oh, j’ai failli oublier…

407
Q

And one more thing …

A

et encore une autre chose…

408
Q

But on the other hand …

A

mais d’un autre côté… / mais d’autre part …

409
Q

Before I forget, I must …

A

avant que je n’oublie, je dois…

410
Q

Let me digress for a moment …

A

Permettez-moi d’ouvrir une parenthèse

411
Q

It might be worth mentioning …

A

ça vaudrait la peine de mentionner (Il conviendrait de mentionner / il pourrait être utile de mentionner)

412
Q

I’d like to return to a previous point …

A

Je voudrais revenir sur un point précédent …

413
Q

Perhaps I might also mention that …

A

Je pourrais peut-être mentionner aussi que …

414
Q

You will recall that earlier I said …

A

Vous vous souviendrez que j’ai dit précédemment …

415
Q

As I was saying before the digression …

A

Comme je le disais avant la parenthèse…

416
Q

To return to my earlier point …

A

Pour revenir à mon point précédent

417
Q

This brings me to my next point …

A

Ceci m’amène au point suivant …

418
Q

We must face facts

A

Nous devons nous rendre à l’évidence

419
Q

It is nothing but the truth

A

c’est simplement la vérité

420
Q

I have a suspicion that …

A

Je soupçonne que …

421
Q

I have reason to believe that

A

j’ai des raisons de penser que…

422
Q

So, we are in agreement

A

alors nous sommes d’accord

423
Q

I gave a wrong (mistaken) answer

A

Je me suis trompé(e)

424
Q

I have a whole bunch (row) of questions

A

J’ai toute une série de questions (j’ai une foule de questions / j’ai un tas de questions)

425
Q

I can’t help feeling that …

A

je ne peux pas m’empêcher de penser que…