Phrases/ words (extra) Flashcards
Contre
Against
Servir de
To be used as
Ne…que
Only; nothing but
- On n’a projeté des langues artificielles que pendant…
2. On n’a que projeté des langues artificielles pendant…
- They have projected artificial languages only during…
2. They have only projected artificial languages during…
Ne faire que + infinitive
To do nothing else but;
All one does is
On fit que l’Espéranto ne peut servir d’interprète qu’aux spécialistes linguistes
It is said that Esperanto can serve as a means of communication only between linguists and specialists
Les érudits ne comptent que cent cinquante langues universelles
Scholars count not less than 150 international languages
ne plus…que
no longer (anything, anybody) except
ne…jamais que
never (anything, anyone) except
ne… rien que
nothing but, nothing except
Il n’y a plus que les savants qui s’intéressent à l’Espéranto
No one is interested in Esperanto anymore except scholars
Déjà
Already
Vous n’avez rien prouvé que des faits déjà connus
You have proved nothing but facts already known
nettement
Clearly, distinctly
Il serait…
It would be…
pût
Might
partout
Everywhere
entrain
Enthusiasm
quoiqu’en
although in
sinon
Otherwise; alternatively
Tout à fait
Entirely, quite
Tout de suite
Immediately
tout homme
Any (each) man
Puis
Then
D’abord
First, firstly, at first
tout langue
Any language
Après
After
davantage
More, further
Mener à bien
To complete successfully
subir
To suffer
Épreuves
Trials, hardships
Tant…que
As much… as
il y eut
There was
Bientôt
Soon
Avoir lieu
To take place
Aussitôt
Immediately
Il fallut
It was necessary
Avoir soin
On eut grand soin
To take care
They took much care
Ils eurent soin
They took care
Bientôt, de vives batailles eurent lieur avec les indigènes
Soon, lively battles took place with the natives
Mais dès que…
But, as soon as,…
ayant
Having
Sachant
Knowing
En
While, in, on, by, upon
Tout en parlant…
While speaking…
Tout en…
Although/while
Ils virent
They saw
je finissais
I finished
I was finishing
I used to finish
un conte
a story/tale
Alors que
While, just when
Sa jalousie ne venait que de sa vanité
His jealousy came only from his vanity
aussitôt que
Dés que
as soon as
Ce que
That (which)
Tandis que
While
un èche
a failure
d’abord
at first
l’ preceding on as in l’on…
… has no grammatical meaning
aboutir à
to lead to
to end up at
dernièrement
recently; lately
toutefois
however
j’aie
I have/ will have/may have etc.
je sois
I am/will be/may be
un but
a purpose
Quoique
While, although
Il avait peur de ne pas réussir
He was afraid of not succeeding
Je crains que l’on ne fasse rien d’important
I’m afraid nothing important will be done ( is being done)
J’ai mis
J’avais mis
I have put
I had put
Ils l’ont poliment écoutée
Ils l’ont poliment écouté
They politely listened to it
They politely listened to him
Buffon parlait en philosophe
Buffon was speaking as a philosopher
Il faut beaucoup de raisons pour démontrer l’excellence de notre nature
Many reasons are necessary in order to demonstrate the excellence of our nature
à l’instar de
following the example of
de même que
Just as
En raison de
Because of
Mahomet fut l’objet d’une grande faveur divine
Mohammad was the recipient of a great divine favor
Mahomet, dont nous allons parler plus loin, fut l’objet d’une faveur divine
Mohammad, of whom we are going to speak further, was the recipient of a divine favor
autrement dit
That is to say
Ailleurs
Elsewhere
Dont
Of which, whose, including
Il s’agit ici de
It is here a question of
Le commandant a démontré la navigabilité des rapides de Boussa, dont il a étudié les chenaux avec soin
The commandant demonstrated the navigable its of the rapids of Boussa, the channels of which he studied carefully
Ce qui est évident c’est
What is evident is
Ce que je prétends
What I claim
auparavant
before, previously
autrefois
Formerly
Venir + de
Has/had just
Venir + à
To happen to
en venir à
To be reduced to
Ils furent des témoins oculaires…
They were eye witnesses…
à peu prés
Approximately
parenté
Relationship
Sans que
Without
A moins que
Unless
Pourvu que
Provided
S’ils…
If they…
sinon
if not
Dés que = aussitôt
As soon as
à peine
scarcely, hardly
…il devait recevoir…
He was to receive
…sa famille a dû (dut) s’installer…
his family had to settle
Ayant dû quitter leur pays
Having had to leave their native country…
…il a dû faire…
…he must have made…
devoir + noun =
to owe
devoir + infinitive =
Conjecture/obligation/intent
