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Urgent action is needed

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Des measures d’urgence s’imposent

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It is necessary to

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Il s’agit de

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We must (faire)

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Il faudrait [+subj]

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All there is to do is

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Il suffit de

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It is important to

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Il est important que [+subj]

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What matters most is that

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Ce qui compte par-dessus tout, c’est que [+subj]

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Wouldn’t the best solution be to…?

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La meilleure solution ne serait-elle pas de [+inf]

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Let’s be realistic…

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Soyons réalistes

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Before it’s too late

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Avant qu’il ne soit trop tard

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If we don’t want to end up

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Si on ne veut pas finir par

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I’m shocked that

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Cela me choque que

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It would be better to…

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Il vaut/ vaudrait mieux que [+subj]

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I’m sure that

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Je suis certain(e) que

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I find it unacceptable that

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Je trouve inadmissable que

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As I’ve already said

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Comme je l’ai déjà dit

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Consider the case of…

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Considérons le cas de

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even though

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même si

18
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except that

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sauf

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I doubt that

A

Je doute que [+subj]

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It is possible that

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Il est possible que [+subj]

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However

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Touefois

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I imagine/suppose/assume that

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J’imagine / Je suppose / Je présume que

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On the other hand

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En revanche/ Par contre

24
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I totally agree with you

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Je suis tout à fait

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On the contrary

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Au contraire

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It is natural that

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Il est naturel que