Locutions Avec En & Par Flashcards

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On the way

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En chemin

En route

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Backwards, behind

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En arrière

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Outside (of)

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En dehors de

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In spite of

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En dépit de

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On strike

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En grève

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Wholesale and retail

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En gros et au détail

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Moreover, besides

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En outre

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In the full (middle) of, at the height of

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En plein(e) + nom
       En plein air
       En plein hiver
       En plein jour
       En pleine mer
       En plein soleil
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On the whole, in short

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En somme

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In any case, at all events

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En tout cas

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In the twinkling of an eye, in “no time”

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En un clin d’œil

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In short

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En un mot

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Into the bargain, in addition

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Par-dessus le marché

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Indeed! The idea! you don’t say so!

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Par exemple!

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By chance

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Par hasard

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Nowadays

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Par le temps qui court

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Inadvertently

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Par mégarde

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On the ground, on the floor

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Par terre

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So to speak

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Pour ainsi dire

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Without fail

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Sans faute

20
Q

On land and sea

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Sur terre et sur mer

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Indeed! Nonsense!

A

Allons donc!

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Willy-nilly, whether one wants to or not

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Bon gré mal gré

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Arm in arm

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Bras dessus bras dessous

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Proper, properly

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Comme il faut

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For lack of

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faute de

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Thanks to

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Grâce à

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Not in the least, by no means

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Pas le moins du monde

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Upside down, topsy-turvy

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Sans dessus dessous

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after a fashion, so-so, rather badly

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Tant bien que mal

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In turn, by turns

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Tour à tour

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Every two days, every three months, every four years

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Tous les deux jours, tous les trois mois, tous les quatre ans

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Just the same

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Tout de même

Quand même

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Once and for all

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Une bonne fois

Une fois pour toutes

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Including…. (Invariable placed before its noun)

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Y compris….