Prepositions Flashcards

1
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au fil du temps

A

over the years

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2
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à tâtons

A

in the dark

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3
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à la cantonade

A

to no one in particular

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4
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quant aux

A

with regard to

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5
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pile

A

exactly (time, e.g ‘you have 1 hour exactly’)

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6
Q

néanmoins

A

however

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7
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jadis

A

once / long ago

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8
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propice à

A

conducive to

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9
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préalable

A

prior

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10
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à mi-voix

A

under his breath

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11
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céans

A

here

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12
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au plus pres de

A

closer to

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13
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au large du

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off the coast of

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14
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aux prémices

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at the forefront

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15
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par sûrcroit

A

moreover

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16
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illico (presto)

17
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hors de portée

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out of reach

18
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à l’étage

19
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à foison

20
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d’emblée

A

from the offset

21
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dans les parages

A

in the vicinity

22
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par à-coups

A

in short bursts

23
Q

au sein de

A

within the

24
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plûtot

25
en faction
on guard
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d’un cran
another notch
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sur le qui-vive
on the alert
28
à deux réprises
on two occasions
29
la tranche de
the edge of
30
dorénavant
henceforth
31
provisoirement
for the time being
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à jamais
forever
33
d’ici x
by x
34
en mauvaise foi
dishonestly (in bad faith)
35
en saillie
protruding
36
contigu
adjacent