Les Relations et Connecteurs Logiques Flashcards
This Deck is a list of all the logical connectors in French, helping you relate different ideas together..
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What is the translation of ‘And’?
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Et.
2
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What is the translation of ‘Also’?
A
Aussi.
3
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What is the translation of ‘Moreover’?
A
De plus, Encore.
4
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What is the translation of ‘Furthermore’?
A
En outre.
5
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What is the translation of ‘In addition’?
A
En plus.
6
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What is the translation of ‘Then’?
A
Puis, Ensuite.
‘Puis’ is more common in spoken French. ‘Ensuite’ is more common in written French.
7
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What is translation for ‘By the way’ or ‘Incidentally’?
A
D’ailleurs.
8
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What is translation for ‘Otherwise’ or ‘Elsewise’?
A
Par ailleurs.
9
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What is the translation of ‘Not only… But also’?
A
Non seulement… mais aussi.
10
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What is translation for ‘Likewise’?
A
Autant.
11
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What is the translation for ‘Similarly’?
A
De même.
12
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What is the translation for ‘As well as’?
A
Ainsi que.
13
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What is the translation for ‘Both… and’?
A
Tant… que.
14
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What is translation for ‘To boot’?
A
De surcroît.
15
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What’s the translation for ‘What’s more’?
A
Qui plus est.
16
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What’s the translation for ‘Neither… nor’?
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Ni… ni.
17
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What’s the translation for ‘Even’?
A
Voire.
18
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What’s the translation for ‘Especially’?
A
Surtout.
19
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What’s the translation for ‘Thus’?
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Ainsi.
20
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What’s the translation for ‘Now…’?
A
Or.
21
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What’s the translation for ‘Not to mention that’?
A
Sans compter que.
22
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What’s the translation for ‘Apart from that’?
A
Outre que.
23
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What’s the translation for ‘All the more since’?
A
D’autant plus que.
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What’s the translation for ‘Such that’?
A
De façon que.
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What's the translation for '**But**'?
**Mais**.
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What's the translation for '**However**'?
**Pourtant**.
**Cependant**.
**Toutefois**.
## Footnote
* 'Poutant' is used most commonly and is the most flexible.
* 'Cependant' is more formal.
* 'Toutefois' is also formal, but used specifically to express a stronger or more surprising contradiction or contrast.
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What's the translation for '**Nonetheless**'?
**Néanmoins**.
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What's the translation for '**On the other hand**'?
**Par contre**.
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What's the translation for '**Conversely**'?
**En revanche**.
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What's the translation for '**Whereas**'?
**Considérant que**.
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What's the translation for '**While**'?
**Alors que**.
**Tandis que**.
**Pendant que**.
## Footnote
'Alors que' is the simplest most versatile.
'Tandis que' implies simultaneity or a contrast in simultaneous actions.
'Pendant que' contrasts temporal aspects.
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What's the translation for '**On the contrary**'?
**Au contraire**.
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What's the translation for '**At the other end of things**'?
**À l'opposé**.
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What's the translation for '**Despite this**'?
**Malgré cela**.
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What's the translation for '**In spite of**'?
**En dépit de**.
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What's the translation for '**Contrary to**'?
**Contrairement à**.
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What's the translation for '**Although**'?
**Bien que**.
**Quoique**.
## Footnote
'Quoique' is more formal. Both are always followed by a subjunctive verb.
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What's the translation for '**Even if**'?
**Même si**.
**Quand bien même**.
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What's the translation for '**Except that**'?
**Sauf que**.
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What's the translation for '**Notwithstanding**'?
**Nonobstant**.
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What's the translation for '**Unlike**'?
**À la différence de**.
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What's the translation for '**Far from**'?
**Loin que**.
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What's the translation for '**Rather than**'?
**Plutôt que**.
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What's the translation for '**Instead of**'?
**Au lieu de**.
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What's the translation for '**Even though**'?
**Même si**.
**Encore que**.
## Footnote
'Encore que' is always followed by a subjunctive verb.
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What's the translation for '**Because**'?
**Parce que**.
**Car**.
## Footnote
'Car' is more formal and cannot be used to start a sentence.
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What's the translation for '**Since, As**'?
**Comme**.
**Puisque**.
## Footnote
'Comme' provides facts and is typically placed at the start of sentences. 'Puisque' provides reasons and can be used anywhere.
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What's the translation for '**Because of**'?
**À cause de**.
**Grâce à**.
**En raison de**.
## Footnote
'À cause de' denotes negativity. 'Grâce à' denotes positivity. 'En raison de' is formal and neutral.
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What's the translation for '**Due to, Owing to**'?
**Du fait de**.
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What's the translation for '**Under the pretext that**'?
**Sous prétexte que**.
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What's the translation for '**Given that**'?
**Étant donné que**.
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What's the translation for '**Seeing that**'?
**Vu que**.
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What's the translation for '**Hence, Therefore**'?
**D'où**.
## Footnote
'D'où' is always used at the start of a sentence.
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What's the translation for '**That is why**'?
**C'est pourquoi**.
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What's the translation for '**For this reason**'?
**Pour cette raison**.
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What's the translation for '**Consequently**'?
**Par conséquent**.
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What's the translation for '**As a result**'?
**De ce fait**.
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What's the translation for '**So**'?
**Donc**.
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What's the translation for '**So that**'?
**De sorte que**.
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What's the translation for '**To such an extent that**'?
**À tel point que**.
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What's the translation for '**In such a way that**'?
**De manière que**.
**De façon que**.
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What's the translation for '**So much that**'?
**Tant... que**.
**Tellement... que**.
## Footnote
'Tant... que' is typically used with nouns and verbs. 'Tellement... que' is typically used with adjectives, adverbs, and verbs.
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What's the translation for '**So much so that**'?
**Si bien que**.
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What's the translation for '**Whatever the case**'?
**Quoi qu'il en soit**.
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What's the translation for '**In order to**'?
**Pour**.
**Afin de**.
**Afin que**.
## Footnote
'Pour' is the simplest and most common.
'Afin de' is more formal and is followed by an infinitive verb.
'Afin de' is more formal and is followed by a subjunctive subject-verb clause.
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What's the translation for '**With the aim of**'?
**Dans le but de**.
## Footnote
This an even more formal version of 'Afin de'.
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What's the translation for '**In a way to**'?
**De façon à**.
**De manière à**.
## Footnote
'De manière à' is slighty more formal.
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What's the translation for '**So that**'?
**Pour que**.
**De sorte que**.
## Footnote
'De sorte que' implies a consequence in addition to a purpose and requires the subjunctive.
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What's the translation for '**With a view to**'?
**En vue de**.
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What's the translation for '**Just to**'?
**Histoire de**.
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What's the translation for '**Provided that**'?
**À condition que**.
**Pour peu que**.
## Footnote
'À condition que' and others like it are usually part of a subjunctive phrase.
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What's the translation for '**With the intention of**'?
**Dans l'intention de**.
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What's the translation for '**In the hope of**'?
**Dans l'espoir de**.
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What's the translation for '**A matter of**'?
**Question de**.
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What's the translation for '**For reasons of**'?
**Pour des raisons de**.
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What's the translation for '**To avoid**'?
**Pour éviter de**.
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What's the translation for '**To face, to deal with**'?
**Pour faire face à**.
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What's the translation for '**In anticipation of**'?
**En prévision de**.
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What's the translation for '**As a way of**'?
**En guise de**.
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What's the translation for '**To make a long story short**'?
**Pour faire court**.
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What's the translation for '**To put it better**'?
**Pour mieux dire**.
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What's the translation for '**Not to say**'?
**Pour ne pas dire**.
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What's the translation for '**As far as I know**'?
**Pour autant que je sache**.
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What's the translation for '**To simplify**'?
**Pour simplifier**.
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What's the translation for '**Is it really that...**'?
**Est-ce si**...
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What's the translation for '**If**'?
Si.
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What's the translation for '**As long as**'?
**Tant que**.
**Pourvu que**.
## Footnote
'Tant que' is used to set conditions in generally controllable circumstances.
'Pourvu que' is used to set conditions in generally uncontrollable circumstances.
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What's the translation for '**In case**'?
**Au cas où**.
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What's the translation for '**Supposing that**'?
**En supposant que**.
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What's the translation for '**Unless**'?
**À moins que**.
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What's the translation for '**In the event that**'?
**Dans l'hypothèse où**.
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What's the translation for '**Except**'?
**Sauf**.
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What's the translation for '**Except if**'?
**Sauf si**.
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What's the translation for '**In the case where**'?
**Dans le cas où**.
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What's the translation for '**Assuming that**'?
**À supposer que**.
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What's the translation for '**In the eventuality that**'?
**Dans l'éventualité où**.
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What's the translation for '**As far as**'?
**Pour autant que**.
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What's the translation for '**If ever**'?
**Si jamais**.
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What's the translation for '**No matter**,...'
**Qu'à cela ne tienne**.
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What's the translation for '**Even so**'?
**Malgré tout**.
**Même ainsi**.
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What's the translation for '**It is still necessary that**'?
**Encore faut-il que**.
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What's the translation for '**In the absence of**'?
**À défaut de**.
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What's the translation for '**Subject to**'?
**Sous réserve que**.
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What's the translation for '**Awaiting that**'?
**Dans l'attente que**.
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What's the translation for '**Conditional upon**'?
**Conditionnellement à**.
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What's the translation for '**Depending on whether**'?
**Selon que**.
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What's the translation for '**If it happens that**'?
**S'il advient que**.
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What's the translation for '**When**'?
**Quand**.
**Lorsque**.
## Footnote
'Lorsque' is more formal.
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What's the translation for '**As soon as**'?
**Dès que**.
**Aussitôt que**.
## Footnote
'Aussitôt que' implies greater immediacy.
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What's the translation for '**Before...**'?
**Avant que**.
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What's the translation for '**After...**'?
**Après que**.
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What's the translation for '**Since...**'?
**Depuis que**.
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What's the translation for '**Until...**'?
**Jusqu'à ce que**.
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What's the translation for '**Once...**'?
**Une fois que**.
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What's the translation for '**While waiting for**'?
**En attendant que**.
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What's the translation for '**Hardly... when...**'?
**À piene**... **que**...
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What's the translation for '**Beforehand**'?
**Auparavant**.
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What's the translation for '**Henceforth**'?
**Dorénavant**.
**Désormais**.
## Footnote
'Désormais' can carry a sense of resignation to a situation emerging due to past events.
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What's the translation for '**By the time that**'?
**D'ici que**.
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What's the translation for '**In the meantime**'?
**Entre-temps**.
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What's the translation for '**Finally**'?
**Finalement**.
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What's the translation for '**Simultaneously**'?
**Simultanément**.
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What's the translation for '**Back when**'?
**À l'époque où**.
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What's the translation for '**Since then**'?
**Depuis lors**.
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What's the translation for '**Until then**'?
**Jusqu'alors**.
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What's the translation for '**Long before**'?
**Bien avant**.
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What's the translation for '**Long after**'?
**Bien après**.
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What's the translation for '**Shortly before**'?
**Peu avant**.
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What's the translation for '**Shortly after**'?
**Peu après**.
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What's the translation for '**During**'?
**Lors de**.
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What's the translation for '**The moment that**'?
**À l'instant où**.
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What's the translation for '**From...**'?
**À partir de**.
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What's the translation for '**At that moment**'?
**À ce moment-là**.
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What's the translation for '**At the same time as**'?
**En même temps que**.
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What's the translation for '**At time goes by**'?
**Au fur et à mesure**.
**À mesure que**.
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What's the translation for '**From then on**'?
**Dès lors**.
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What's the translation for '**Meanwhile**'?
**Pendant ce temps**.
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What's the translation for '**Subsequently**'?
**Par la suite**.
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What's the translation for '**Ultimately**'?
**En définitive**.
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What's the translation for '**All things considered**'?
**À tout prendre**.
**En fin de compte**.
**Tout bien considéré**.
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What's the translation for '**In short**'?
**En somme**.
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What's the translation for '**To conclude**'?
**Pour conclure**.
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What's the translation for '**All in all**'?
**Somme toute**.
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What's the translation for '**After all**'?
**Après toute**.
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What's the translation for '**In brief**'?
**Bref**.
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What's the translation for '**In summary**'?
**En résumé**.
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What's the translation for '**Firstly**'?
**En premier lieu**.
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What's the translation for '**Lastly**'?
**En dernier lieu**.
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What's the translation for '**To finish**'?
**Pour finir**.
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What's the translation for '**To end**'?
**Pour terminer**.
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What's the translation for '**In the end**'?
**À la fin**.
**Au final**.
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What's the translation for '**Like**'?
**Comme**.
**Tel**.
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What's the translation for '**More... than**'?
**Plus... que**.
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What's the translation for '**Less... than**'?
**Moins... que**.
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What's the translation for '**As... as**'?
**Aussi... que**.
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What's the translation for '**Just like**'?
**De même que**.
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What's the translation for '**Compared to**'?
**Comparé à**.
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What's the translation for '**In comparison with**'?
**En comparison avec**.
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What's the translation for '**Similar to**'?
**Similaire à**.
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What's the translation for '**In the same way as**'?
**De la même manière que**.
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What's the translation for '**Such as**'?
**Telle que**.
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What's the translation for '**In relation to**'?
**Par rapport à**.
**Vis-à-vis de**.
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What's the translation for '**As opposed to**'?
**À l'inverse de**.
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What's the translation for '**In opposition to**'?
**En opposition à**.
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What's the translation for '**Regarding**'?
**À l'égard de**.
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What's the translation for '**Following the example of**'?
**À l'instar de**.
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What's the translation for '**With the exception of**'?
**À l'exception de**.
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What's the translation for '**As if**'?
**Comme si**.
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What's the translation for '**More than ever**'?
**Plus que jamais**.
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What's the translation for '**Less than ever**'?
**Moins que jamais**.
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