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dans cette dissertation j’ai l’intention de…

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in this essay I intend to…

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le film parle de…

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the film is about…

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au début de l’histoire/du film…

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at the beginning of the story/the film…

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le film se passe dans les années…/en…

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the film takes place in the years…/in…

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l’action/le film a lieu…/se déroule…

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the action takes place…

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en premier lieu…/tout d’abord…

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to start with…/first of all…

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je suis d’avis que…

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I am of the opinion that…

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à mon avis

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in my opinion

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selon moi/pour ma part

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in my opinion

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un exemple typique/important/un autre exemple

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a typical/interesting example/a further example

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l’exemple le plus important est peut-être…

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the most interesting example is perhaps…

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cet exemple/cette scène illustre/montre que…

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this example/this scene illustrates that/shows clearly that…

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comparé à

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in comparison with

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au contraire

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on the contrary

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contrairement à…

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in contrast to

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d’un côté…de l’autre côté…

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on the one hand…on the other hand…

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on pourrait intérpréter cet aspect…

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this could be interpreted as…

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18
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prendre en compte

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to take into consideration

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en faisant référence à

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with reference to

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on peut aussi ajouter…

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one can also mention…

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à bien des égards

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in many respects

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surtout

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especially

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plus précisément

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more exactly

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de plus/en outre/qui plus est

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furthermore, in addition

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par dessus tout

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above all

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la raison pour cela est…

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the reason for that is…

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pour cette raison, on peut dire que…

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for this reason one can say that…

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sans aucun doute

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without doubt

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d’après moi/pour ma part

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as I see it

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je suis convaincu(e) que…

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I am convinced that…

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nul ne peut nier/douter que…

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it can’t be denied/doubted that…

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dans l’ensemble

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on the whole

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en général

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in general

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au fond/en fait

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basically

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finalement, on pourrait dit que…

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finally, it could be said that…

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en guise de conclusion…/pour conclure…

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in conclusion…

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en résumé

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put briefly, in a few words

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il apparait donc que…

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it therefore appears that…

39
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pour résumer on pourrait dire que…

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in summary, one could say that…

40
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à la fin du film

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at the end of the film

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j’ai l’impression que…

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I have the impression that…

42
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cependant/néanmoins/pourtant

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however

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parmi

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among

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de plus

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what is more

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en outré

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furthermore

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également

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equally

47
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en ce qui concerne

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as far as…is concerned

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quant à

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as for the…

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malgré

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despite

50
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de toute façon

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in any case

51
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en somme

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in short

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pour conclure

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in conclusion

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il est clair que

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it’s clear that

54
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il semble que

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it seems

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bien que (+subjunctive)

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in spite of