To help you comment orally on a press article 2

Question 1

à mon avis

Answer 1

in my opinion / in my view

Question 2

en ce qui me concerne, pour ma part

Answer 2

as far as I am concerned / for my part

Question 3

je suis de ceux qui croient que

Answer 3

I, for one, believe that

Question 4

je ne peux pas m’empêcher de penser que

Answer 4

I can’t help thinking thaht

Question 5

d’une part… d’autre part

Answer 5

on the one hand… on the other hand

Question 6

dans une certaine mesure

Answer 6

to a certain extent / to some extent

Question 7

en d’autres termes

Answer 7

in other words / to put it differently

Question 8

il est, comment dirais-je, plutôt rétrograde

Answer 8

he is, how shall I put it, rather reactionary

Question 9

ce qu’il suggère implique

Answer 9

what he suggests implies that

Question 10

par exemple

Answer 10

for example / for instance

Question 11

soit dit en passant

Answer 11

incindentally / by the way

Question 12

inutile de dire qu’il est de parti pris

Answer 12

he is, needless to say, biased

Question 13

de plus, par ailleurs, en outre

Answer 13

what is more / besides / moreover

Question 14

inversement, par contraste

Answer 14

conversely, by contrast

Question 15

en fait, ce n’est pas ce que je voulais dire

Answer 15

actually, it wasn’t what I meant

Question 16

nous ne devons pas oublier que

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we must bear in mind that

Question 17

il ne faut jamais perdre de vue que

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we must never lose sight of the fact that

Question 18

je ne veux aps entrer dans les détails mais

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I don’t want to go into detail(s) but

Question 19

j’aimerais développer un autre point

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there’s another point I’d like to make

Question 20

tout porte à croire que

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there is every reason to believe that

Question 21

il y a tout lieu de penser que

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there is every indication that

Question 22

cela m’amène à me demander si

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it leads me to wonder whether

Question 23

on pourrait objecter que

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ot could be objected that

Question 24

j’ai entendu dire que

Answer 24

I have heard it said that

Question 25

assez curieusement

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strangely enough / oddly enough

Question 26

tout bien pesé / considéré

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all in all / all things considered

Question 27

je tends à croire… mais à bien y réfléchir

Answer 27

I tend to believe… but on second thoughts

Question 28

avec le recul

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with the benefits of hindsight

Question 29

quand j’y repense, je pense qu’il a raison

Answer 29

On second thoughts, I think he’s right