Les indicateurs d'approximation Flashcards

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près de x heure (only used with être)

Ex:) Il est près de 21 h, la journée tire à sa fin.

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about/nearing x o’clock

Ex: It’s nearing 9 o’clock and the day is coming to an end.

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vers x heure (not used with être)

Ex:) Jules va venir vers 9 h 30.

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around x o’clock

Ex: Jules is coming around 9:30.

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imprécis(e)(s)

Ex:) Votre rapport est imprécis.

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vague; unclear

Ex: Your report is vague/unclear.

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à peu près + une durée

Ex:) Ça me prend à peu près 15 minutes pour me rendre au bureau à pied.

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about

Ex: It takes me about 15 minutes to get to work on foot.

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approximativement

Ex:) Nous étions approximativement une vingtaine.

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approximately

Ex: There were approximately 20 of us.

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environ + une durée/une quantité

Ex:) Ce stage à duré environ trois mois.

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about + a duration/a quantity

Ex: This on-the-job training lasted about 3 months.

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presque + une durée

Ex:) Nous aurons presque trois heures pour faire des achats.

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almost + a duration

Ex: We will have almost three hours to shop.

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presque + être + une heure

Ex:) Il est presque 11 h.

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almost + a specific hour

Ex: It is almost 11 o’clock.

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peut-être

Ex:) C’est un voyage qui peut durer peut-être quatre jours.

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perhaps

Ex: It’s a trip that may last perhaps four days.

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près de

Ex:) À cause de la mauvaise grippe, il y avait près de la moitié des employés absents.

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nearly

Ex: Due to a bad flu, nearly half of the employees were absent.

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entre…et/de…à

Ex:) On a reçu entre 25 et 30 candidatures.

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between…and/from…to

Ex: We received between 25 and 30 applications.

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ou

Ex:) On peut retenir 7 ou 8 candidatures seulement.

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or

Ex: We can only retain 7 or 8 applications.

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une dizaine/douzaine/vingtaine/trentaine…

Ex:) Seulement une dizaine étaient en formation.

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about ten/a dozen/twenty/thirty etc.

Ex: There were only about 10 people on training.

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pratiquement

Ex:) J’ai pratiquement terminé la révision.

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practically

Ex: I have practically finished the review.

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ça tourne autour de

Ex:) Cet ordinateur, ça tourne autour de 5 000 $.

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to be around

Ex: This computer is around $5,000.

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pas loin de

Ex:) Ils étaient pas loin de 100 000 à manifester.

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nearly

Ex: There were nearly 100,000 protestors.

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disons

Ex:) J’en voudrais, disons, 10 copies.

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let’s say

Ex: I would like, let’s say, 10 copies.