Mots-Liens/Grammaticals Flashcards

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this/as much/many

as much as

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autant (de)
- je n’ai jamais autant travaillé (I have never worked this much)
- avec autant d’eau par terre, je vais mouiller mes chaussures (with this much water on the gruond, I am going to get my shoes wet)

autant de… que
- il aime autant du gâteau que de la glace (he likes cake as much as ice cream)
- l’année dernière, nous avions autant de neige en hiver que cette année (last year, we had as much snow in winter as this year)

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2
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like/such as

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comme

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3
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seeing as/given that

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comme/attendu que/puisque

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4
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those/people (who)

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celui (qui)

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5
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yet/however

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pourtant/cependent/or

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6
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nothing but/only

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rien que
- il m’a demandé à dire rien que la vérité (he asked me to say only the truth)

ne… que
- je n’avais que des éloges (I had nothing but praise)

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7
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among

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parmi

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8
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once/in the past

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autrefois

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9
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thereafter/subsequently

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par la suite

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10
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on one hand

on the other hand

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d’un côté/d’une part

d’un autre côté/d’autre part

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11
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all throughout/during

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tout au long de

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12
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in the middle/midst

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au milieu

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13
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on the contrary/quite the opposite

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au contraire

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14
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whereas

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alors que/tandis que

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15
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especially/above all

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surtout

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16
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although/even though

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alors que/bien que (avec subjonctif)/malgré que

17
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as soon as

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lorsque/dès que/aussitôt que

18
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rather (than)/instead (of)

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plutôt (que)

19
Q

neither… nor…

neither of [smon]

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[subj] ne [v] ni [n] ni [n]
- Je n’aime ni le chocolat, ni le café, ni le thé (I like neither chocolate, coffee, nor tea)

ni [subj] ni [subj] ne [v]
- Ni l’un ni l’autre ne se considère coupable (neither of them considered themselves guilty)

20
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by the way/for that matter

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d’ailleurs

21
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in short/to sum up

22
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thus/in this way/like that

23
Q

that is to say/in other words

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c’est-à-dire/soit

24
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in fact/indeed

25
Q

either… or…

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soit… soit
- soit tu pars, soit tu restes, il faut que tu décides (either you leave or you stay; you must decide)

26
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in order to

so that/in order that

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afin de/de façon à [v]

afin que/de façon que [subj]
- avec subjonctif

27
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for fear of

for fear that

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de crainte/peur de [v]

de crainte/peur que [subj]
- avec subjonctif

28
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on account of/owing to

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en raison de

29
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to the point where/to the extent that

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à tel point que

30
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as/while [n] + [v]

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tandis que/alors que/lorsque

31
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in spite of everything/after all

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malgré tout

32
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all things considered

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tout compte fait

33
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to be a question of

to take action

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s’agir de

agir

34
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deep down/when it comes down to it

35
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formerly/in the olden days

36
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thus/so