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Phrases/ words (extra) Flashcards

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Contre

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Against

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Servir de

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To be used as

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Ne…que

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Only; nothing but

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  1. On n’a projeté des langues artificielles que pendant…

2. On n’a que projeté des langues artificielles pendant…

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  1. They have projected artificial languages only during…

2. They have only projected artificial languages during…

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Ne faire que + infinitive

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To do nothing else but;

All one does is

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On fit que l’Espéranto ne peut servir d’interprète qu’aux spécialistes linguistes

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It is said that Esperanto can serve as a means of communication only between linguists and specialists

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Les érudits ne comptent que cent cinquante langues universelles

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Scholars count not less than 150 international languages

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ne plus…que

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no longer (anything, anybody) except

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ne…jamais que

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never (anything, anyone) except

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ne… rien que

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nothing but, nothing except

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Il n’y a plus que les savants qui s’intéressent à l’Espéranto

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No one is interested in Esperanto anymore except scholars

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12
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Déjà

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Already

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Vous n’avez rien prouvé que des faits déjà connus

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You have proved nothing but facts already known

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nettement

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Clearly, distinctly

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Il serait…

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It would be…

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16
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pût

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Might

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17
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partout

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Everywhere

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18
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entrain

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Enthusiasm

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quoiqu’en

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although in

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sinon

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Otherwise; alternatively

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21
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Tout à fait

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Entirely, quite

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22
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Tout de suite

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Immediately

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23
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tout homme

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Any (each) man

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24
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Puis

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Then

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D’abord

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First, firstly, at first

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tout langue

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Any language

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27
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Après

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After

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davantage

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More, further

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29
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Mener à bien

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To complete successfully

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30
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subir

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To suffer

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31
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Épreuves

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Trials, hardships

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32
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Tant…que

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As much… as

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33
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il y eut

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There was

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34
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Bientôt

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Soon

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35
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Avoir lieu

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To take place

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36
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Aussitôt

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Immediately

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37
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Il fallut

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It was necessary

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38
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Avoir soin

On eut grand soin

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To take care

They took much care

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39
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Ils eurent soin

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They took care

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40
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Bientôt, de vives batailles eurent lieur avec les indigènes

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Soon, lively battles took place with the natives

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41
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Mais dès que…

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But, as soon as,…

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42
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ayant

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Having

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Sachant

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Knowing

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En

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While, in, on, by, upon

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Tout en parlant…

A

While speaking…

46
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Tout en…

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Although/while

47
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Ils virent

A

They saw

48
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je finissais

A

I finished
I was finishing
I used to finish

49
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un conte

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a story/tale

50
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Alors que

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While, just when

51
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Sa jalousie ne venait que de sa vanité

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His jealousy came only from his vanity

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aussitôt que

Dés que

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as soon as

53
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Ce que

A

That (which)

54
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Tandis que

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While

55
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un èche

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a failure

56
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d’abord

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at first

57
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l’ preceding on as in l’on…

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… has no grammatical meaning

58
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aboutir à

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to lead to

to end up at

59
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dernièrement

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recently; lately

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toutefois

A

however

61
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j’aie

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I have/ will have/may have etc.

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je sois

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I am/will be/may be

63
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un but

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a purpose

64
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Quoique

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While, although

65
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Il avait peur de ne pas réussir

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He was afraid of not succeeding

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Je crains que l’on ne fasse rien d’important

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I’m afraid nothing important will be done ( is being done)

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J’ai mis

J’avais mis

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I have put

I had put

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Ils l’ont poliment écoutée

Ils l’ont poliment écouté

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They politely listened to it

They politely listened to him

69
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Buffon parlait en philosophe

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Buffon was speaking as a philosopher

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Il faut beaucoup de raisons pour démontrer l’excellence de notre nature

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Many reasons are necessary in order to demonstrate the excellence of our nature

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à l’instar de

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following the example of

72
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de même que

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Just as

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En raison de

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Because of

74
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Mahomet fut l’objet d’une grande faveur divine

A

Mohammad was the recipient of a great divine favor

75
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Mahomet, dont nous allons parler plus loin, fut l’objet d’une faveur divine

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Mohammad, of whom we are going to speak further, was the recipient of a divine favor

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autrement dit

A

That is to say

77
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Ailleurs

A

Elsewhere

78
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Dont

A

Of which, whose, including

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Il s’agit ici de

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It is here a question of

80
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Le commandant a démontré la navigabilité des rapides de Boussa, dont il a étudié les chenaux avec soin

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The commandant demonstrated the navigable its of the rapids of Boussa, the channels of which he studied carefully

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Ce qui est évident c’est

A

What is evident is

82
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Ce que je prétends

A

What I claim

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auparavant

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before, previously

84
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autrefois

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Formerly

85
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Venir + de

A

Has/had just

86
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Venir + à

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To happen to

87
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en venir à

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To be reduced to

88
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Ils furent des témoins oculaires…

A

They were eye witnesses…

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à peu prés

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Approximately

90
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parenté

A

Relationship

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Sans que

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Without

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A moins que

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Unless

93
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Pourvu que

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Provided

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S’ils…

A

If they…

95
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sinon

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if not

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Dés que = aussitôt

A

As soon as

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à peine

A

scarcely, hardly

98
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…il devait recevoir…

A

He was to receive

99
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…sa famille a dû (dut) s’installer…

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his family had to settle

100
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Ayant dû quitter leur pays

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Having had to leave their native country…

101
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…il a dû faire…

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…he must have made…

102
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devoir + noun =

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to owe

103
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devoir + infinitive =

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Conjecture/obligation/intent

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