Expressing Ideas Flashcards

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Avant tout/en tout premier lieu

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First and foremost

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Tout d’abord

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To begin with

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Deuxièmement

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Second(ly)

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Troisièmement

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Third(ly)

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Puis/ensuite

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Then

Next

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Finalement/en dernier lieu

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Lastly

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Concernant/en ce qui concerne

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Concerning

As regards

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Quant à

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As for

As to

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À cause de

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Because of

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Premièrement

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First(ly)

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Du fait de

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Owing to

On account of

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Grâce à

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Thanks to

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Faute de

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For lack of

For want of

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De crainte de

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For fear of

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En raison de

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On (the) grounds of

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étant donné que

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Due to
Given that
Considering

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Comme/puisque

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Since

As

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Par conséquent

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Therefore

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Donc

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so

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De la même façon

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Likewise

Similarly (-)

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Sans oublier

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Not to mention

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D’un côté/D’un autre côté

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On the one hand

On the other hand

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De plus/en outre/par ailleurs

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Besides
In addition
Moreover
Furthermore

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Cela me rappelle

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It reminds me of

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Pour résumer/en résumer

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To sum (things) up

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En un mot/en bref

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In a word

To put it in a nutshell

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En conclusion/pour conclure

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As a conclusion/to conclude

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En d’autres termes

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in other words

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Pour dire les choses autrement

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To put it differently

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C’est à dire

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That is to say

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Ceci revient à dire que

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This amounts to saying that

It is tantamount to saying that

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Dans une certaine mesure

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Up to a point

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Jusqu’à certain point

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Up to a point

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Tout bien considéré

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All thing considered

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Certains disent/prétendent que

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Some say that

Some claim that

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Il affirme que

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He asserts that

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Il maintient que

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He maintains that

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D’après/selon

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According to

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A mon avis

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In my opinion

To my mind

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A mon sens

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As I see it
The way I see it
I feel that

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Il me semble que

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It seems to me that

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Je trouve que

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I find that

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Pour ma part/personnellement

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For my part

Personally

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J’ai bien peur que

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I’m afraid that

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Je ne peux m’empêcher de penser que

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I can’t help thinking that

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Il ne fait aucun doute que

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There is no doubt that

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Il est difficile de dire si

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It is hard to tell if

It is difficult to say whether

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Autant que je sache

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As far as I know

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A ma connaissance

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To the best of my knowledge

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Je n’en ai pas la moindre idée

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I haven’t got the faintest idea

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Je dois reconnaître que

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I have to concede that

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Je n’ai pas d’objection à ce que

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I have no objection to

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Je ne pense pas

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I think not

I suppose not

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J’imagine que oui/j’imagine que non

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I guess so

I guess not

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Les gens ont tout à fait raison de

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People are quite right to

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Ils ont tort de penser que

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They are wrong in thinking that

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J’approuve les décisions que

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I approve of the decisions which

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Je désapprouve le fait de dire que

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I disapprove of saying

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Je suis pour

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I’m for

I’m in favor of

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Je suis contre

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I’m against

I’m opposed to

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Je suis convaincu(e) que

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I’m convinced that/of

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J’ai des doutes quant à

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I have my doubts about

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On ne sait jamais

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You never know

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Je me demande si

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I wonder if/whether

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Sans aucun doute

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Undoubtedly

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Cela ne manquera pas de se produire

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It is bound to happen

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Il est probable qu’il acceptera

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He is likely to agree

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Il y a peu de chances que cela arrive

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It is unlikely to happen

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Cependant/Néanmoins/Pourtant

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However
Nonetheless
Nevertheless
Yet

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Et pourtant

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And yet

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Bien que

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Although
Even though
Even if

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Sans oublier

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Not to mention

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Alors que/Tandis que

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Whereas

While

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En outre/De plus/Par ailleurs

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Besides/What’s more

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Par conséquent

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Therefore
Consequently
As a consequence

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Ainsi

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Thus

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A l’inverse

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Conversely

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Comme/ Etant donné que/Puisque

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As
Given that
Considering

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Malgré/En dépit de

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In spite of/Despite

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D’où

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Hence

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Afin de

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To
So as to
In order to

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Pendant ce temps/En attendant

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Meanwhile

In the mean time

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Sinon/Sans quoi

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Otherwise

Or else

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Pourvu que/A condition que/Dans la mesure où

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Provided/providing

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Jusqu’à ce que

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Until

Till

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A moins que

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Unless

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Ceci étant dit

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That being said

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On peut se demander si

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We may wonder whether

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Pour dire les choses autrement

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To put it differently

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Ce qui revient à dire que

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This is tantamount to saying that

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Pour faire court

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To cut a long story short

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Pour illustrer mon point de vue

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To illustrate my point