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In spite of my expectations …

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malgré mes attentes…

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You only have to look at it, in order to see that …

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il faut seulement que tu le regardes pour que tu voies que… / Il te suffit d’y jeter un coup d’oeil pour voir que

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Certainly you can’t fail to notice that …

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il est impossible que tu ne remarques pas que…

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I am almost sure that …

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je suis presque sûr(e) que…

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The most important thing is that …

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la chose la plus importante est que…

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The main thing is that …

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le principal est que…

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I don’t have the slightest notion why …

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je n’ai pas la moindre idée de pourquoi…

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I don’t see any reason why …

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Je ne vois pas pourquoi

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I don’t understand at all why …

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je ne comprends pas du tout pourquoi…

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It is hardly surprising that …

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Il n’est pas du tout surprenant que

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The good thing about it is that …

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Le bon côté (de cela) est que …

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The snag with that is that …

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L’inconvénient de cela est que …

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That might be one of the reasons why …

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ça pourrait être une des raisons pour lesquelles…

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There is no point in pretending that ..

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Il est inutile de prétendre que …

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I bet that …

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je parie que…

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It is necessary …

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il est nécessaire…

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In spite of the fact that …

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malgré le fait que… / En dépit du fait que ..

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I don’t claim that …

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je ne dis pas que… / je ne prétends pas que

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It won’t do any harm if …

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ça ne fera de mal à personne si…

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If it were up to me …

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si ça dépendait de moi…

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I will see to it that …

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Je veillerai à ce que …

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Luck is on your side …

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la chance est avec toi / vous

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I warmly recommend in order that you go …

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Je recommande chaleureusement afin que vous alliez

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There is still a chance that …

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il y a toujours une chance que…

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Well, I don’t think it would be wise

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bon, je ne pense pas que ce serait sage

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I am totally certain that …

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je suis totalement certain(e) que…

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I genuinely do think that …

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je pense vraiment que…

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It is very hard to believe that …

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il est difficile de croire que…

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I am completely convinced that …

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je suis complètement convaincu(e) que…

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I am not totally convinced that …

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je ne suis pas totalement convaincu(e) que…

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I have very serious doubts, because …

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j’ai de très sérieux doutes, car…

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There is no doubt about it that …

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cela ne fait aucun doute que…

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That is an important point

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c’est un point important

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You must realize that …

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tu dois te rendre compte que…

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You should know that …

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tu devrais savoir que…

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We must bear in mind the fact that …

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tu devrais garder en tête que…

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It stands to reason that …

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c’est logique que… / Il va de soi que

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That is all there is to say (with that, that is everything said)

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c’est tout ce qu’il y a à dire

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That is all for now

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c’est tout pour le moment

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To sum up

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en résumé

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And there (in that) is the problem

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et là est le problème

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I hope it is only a question of time

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j’espère que c’est seulement une question de temps

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That remains to be seen

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ça reste à voir

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Before I finish …

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avant de finir…

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Allow me to thank you very much for everything.

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permets-moi de te remercier pour tout

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I am afraid that time is against us

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j’ai bien peur que le temps joue en notre défaveur

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I’d better stop now

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je ferais mieux d’arrêter tout de suite

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So, goodbye and thanks again

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alors, au revoir et merci encore

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I hope we see each other again soon

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j’espère que l’on se reverra bientôt

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I have attempted to explain here that …

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j’ai essayé ici d’expliquer que…

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Time is running short so …

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nous n’avons plus beaucoup de temps donc…

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In conclusion I would like to say that …

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en conclusion je voudrais dire que…

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In short then …

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en bref, alors…

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Before I finish, I’d like to summarise again the main points …

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avant de finir, j’aimerais résumer une nouvelle fois les points principaux…

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I am afraid that time is against us, so we’d better stop here

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j’ai bien peur que le temps joue en notre défaveur, alors nous ferions mieux d’arrêter là

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To be more precise …

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pour être plus précis…

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And what’s more …

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et qui plus est ..

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While I am already talking about it …

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tant que je parle de ça…

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I would like to emphasise that …

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Je voudrais souligner que …

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Should I explain in greater detail?

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devrais-je expliquer plus en détail ?

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Allow me to say it another way …

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permettez-moi de le dire d’une autre manière…

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That is to say …

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ceci pour dire…

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And more specifically …

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et plus spécialement…

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Nevertheless …

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cependant / néanmoins

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Even though …

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même si…

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That sounds like …

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Cela semble …

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And that is why …

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et c’est pourquoi…

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In other words …

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en d’autres mots…

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To say it another way …

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Autrement dit, …

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Moreover …

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de plus…

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Another advantage is that …

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un autre avantage est que…

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Another disadvantage is that …

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un autre inconvénient est que…

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What interests me the most is …

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ce qui m’intéresse le plus est…

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The interesting thing about it is that …

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ce qui est intéressant à propos de ça est que…

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Like I have just mentioned …

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comme je viens de le dire…

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I would like to explain to you how …

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j’aimerais vous expliquer comment…

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I will attempt to explain to you how …

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j’essaierai de vous expliquer comment…

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It happened like this …

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ça c’est passé comme ça…

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To put it in a nutshell …

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pour résumer…

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Putting it briefly …

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en bref…

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Like I just said …

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comme je viens de dire…

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And to make matters worse …

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Et pour ne rien arranger …

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As I have explained …

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comme je viens de l’expliquer…

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If I could summarise what I have said so far ..

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si je devais résumer ce que j’ai dit jusqu’ici

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A good example of this is …

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un bon exemple serait…

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What I am trying to say is that …

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ce que j’essaie de dire, c’est que…

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The crux of the matter is …

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Le point essentiel est (le noeud du problème est )

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I must emphasise that …

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Je tiens à souligner que …

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I would like to add something …

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j’aimerais ajouter quelque chose…

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Allow me to recap for a moment

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permettez-moi de tout récapituler

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Allow me now to summarise again

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laissez-moi récapituler à nouveau

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As an extension to this …

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Par extension …

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Another way of saying it is …

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une autre façon de le dire est…

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I’ll attempt to put that more clearly

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je vais essayer de le dire de manière plus claire…

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Allow me to clarify that for you

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laisse-moi t’expliquer ça… / permettez-moi de clarifier cela pour vous

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To be more concrete …

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concrètement…

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Let’s go into this in more detail

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allons-y plus en détail

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It worried me that …

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Je m’inquiète de ce que …

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My greatest worry is that/What is most disturbing (concerning) is that…

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Le plus préoccupant est que …

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I was amazed that …

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J’ai été étonné(e) que…

French Conversational Connectors (5 decks)

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