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At first sight (2)

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Au premier abord

De prime abord

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Basically

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Dans le fond

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As for

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Quant à

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As far as … is concerned

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En ce qui concerne …

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To analyse some issues

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Analyser quelques enjeux

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Crisis

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La crise

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In crisis

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En crise

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A worrying state of affairs

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Une situation inquiétante

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To have difficulty in … (3)

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Avoir du mal à
Avoir de la peine à
Éprouver des difficultés à

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Problem which can’t be ignored

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Un problème incontournable

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The basis of the problem

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Le fond du problème

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Main worry

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Le souci prédominant

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To get more complicated

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Se compliquer

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To get worse

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Empirer

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Critical level

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Un niveau critique

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To get more noticeable

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S’accentuer

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To get more common

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Se banaliser

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To cure (2)

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Remédier à

Guérir qqn de

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To overcome

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Surmonter

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There are many ways of

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Il existe de nombreux moyens de

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To take seriously

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Prendre au sérieux

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An important event

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Un événement marquant

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Extent

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L’ampleur (f)

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Given that

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Étant donné que

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Considering that

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Vu que

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Owing to

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Par suite de

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To put something down

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Imputer qqch à

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Some people maintain that

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Certains soutiennent qu

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People tend to believe that

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On a tendance à croix que

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Commonplace idea

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L’idée reçue

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A controversial point

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Un point controversé

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The view is quite widely held

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L’idée traîne un peu partout

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As I see it (2)

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À mon sens

Selon moi

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I am certain that

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Je suis sûre/certaine/persuadée que

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The side I take

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Le parti que je prends

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I maintain that

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Je soutiens que

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To the best of my knowledge

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À ma connaissance

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It seems obvious to me that

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Cela me paraît évident que

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I take the same view

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Je suis du même avis

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Ill-conceived

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Mal conçu(e)

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Unacceptable

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Inadmissible

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Unbelievable

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Inouï(e)

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I am firmly opposed to

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Je suis fermement opposée à

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I take the opposite view

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Je prends le contre-pied

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It is unlikely that

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Il est peu probably que (+subj)

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It is not acceptable

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Il n’est pas normal que (+subj)

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Undoubtedly

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Sans aucun doute

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There is no doubt that

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Il est hors de doute que

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It is obvious (2)

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C’est évident/manifeste

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Its is only to be expected that (2)

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Il n’est pas étonnant que (+subj)

Il est normal que (+subj)

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Furthermore (4)

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D’ailleurs
En/de plus
En outre
Par ailleurs

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Conversely (3)

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Par contre
À l’inverse
En revanche

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Consequently

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Par conséquent

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With regard to (4)

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Vis-à-vis de
À propos de
Par rapport à
À l’égard de

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In the area of

In the context of (3)

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Dans le cadre de
Dans l’optique de
Dans le domaine de

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Almost

Practically

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Quasiment

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To a great extent

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Dans une large mesure

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On the whole

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Dans l’ensemble

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Roughly

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En gros

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Up to a point

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Jusqu’à un certain point

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The 90s

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La décennie 90

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In those days

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À cette époque-là

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For the moment

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Pour l’instant

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Up to now

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Jusqu’ici

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These days (2)

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De nos jours

À l’époque actuelle

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As soon as possible (2)

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Aussitôt que possible

Dans les plus brefs délais

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In the longer term

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À plus longue échéance

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In the next … years

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Dans les … prochaines années

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Hard to foretell

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Difficile à prevoir

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To sum up (2)

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En somme

Pour résumer

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At first sight

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À première vue

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Before it’s too late

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Avant qu’il ne soit trop tard

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Envisage

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Envisager de

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To qualify

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Nuancer

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To express

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Exprimer

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I’m certain/convinced that

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Je suis certaine/convaincue que

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It would be better to

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Il vaut/vaudrait mieux (inf) / que (subj)

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As for me, I think,

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Pour ma part, je pense

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Because of (2)

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À cause de

En raison de

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Even though

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Même si

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Except that

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Sauf

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I doubt that

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Je doute que (subj)

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Identify the causes of

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Déterminer les causes de

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To suppose

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Supposer

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Imagine

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Imaginer

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That’s true

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C’est exact

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I’m not really/entirely in agreement with you

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Je ne suis pas entierement d’accord/tellement/vraiment d’accord avec vous

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Absurd (n&vb)

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Une absurdité

Absurde

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It is thought that

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On estime que

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According to some/others

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Selon d’autres

D’après certains

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To take into account

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Tenir compte de

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I refuse to accept that

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Je refuse d’accepter ça

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You’re forgetting that

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Vous oubliez que

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To be completely wrong

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Avoir complètement tort

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I share the opinion/concerns

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Je partage l’opinion/les inquiétudes de

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I partly/more or less agree with (3)

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Je suis en partie/partiellement/plus ou moins d’accord avec

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On the other hand (2)

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De l’autre côté

D’autre part

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It would seem that

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Il apparaît que

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We should (2)

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Il faudrait

Nous devrions

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It is important that (3)

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Il est important/essentiel/capitale que (subj)

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What matters most is that

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Ce qui compte par-dessus tout, c’est que…

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Consider

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Considérer

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I’m shocked that

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Cela me choque que

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It is right/wrong to believe

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On a tort/raison de croire

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Justify

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Justifier

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To draw attention

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Attirer attention

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It’s true that

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Il est vrai que

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It’s possible that

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Il est possible que (subj)

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To assume

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Présumer

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On one hand (2)

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D’un côté

D’une part

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