Expressions Flashcards
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24 heures sur 24
24 hours a day
C’est pour ça que
That’s why
Croire à
To believe (that something exists)
Croire en
To believe in, have faith in
Croire préférable de +(infinitif)
To think it preferable to
Croire que
To believe that
Is followed by indicative when it’s affirmative, but subjunctive when it’s negative or interrogative
Croire que non
To not think so
Croire que oui
To think so
Croire que si
To think so (in response to a negative)
Croire qqch. dur comme fer(informal)
To be absolutely convinced of something
À croire que
You’d think
À l’en croire
To hear him tell it, if you were to believe him
Aurais-tu cru ça de lui?
Would you have believed that of him?
C’est à croire que
You’d think
C’est à n’y pas croire!
It’s unbelievable!
Croyez-en mon expérience
Take it from me
Croyez-m’en
Believe me
Croyez-moi
Believe
Faut croire que (informal)….
It would seem/ appear that…
Fait pas croire! (Informal)
Make no mistake about it!
It est à croire que (formal)
It is to be supposed/ presumed that …..
Je l’ai cru sur parole
I took his word for it
Je n’arrive pas à croire que
I just can’t believe….
Je n’en crois rien
I don’t believe a word of it