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En réalité

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Actually

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actuellement

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currently

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d’autant plus que

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All the more .. as

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somme,toute

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All in all

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tout compte fait

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all things considered

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compte tenu de

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allowing for

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bien que

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althought

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a part

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apart from

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comme/quand/ au fur et a mesure que

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as

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en fait, en effet

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as a matter of fact

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à la suite, il en resulte que

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as a result

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dans son ensemble

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as a whole

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par rapport à

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as compared to

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par opposition à

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as distinct from

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en ce qui concerne

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as far as

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comme suit

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as follows

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quant à

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as for

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tant que

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as long as

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par opposition à

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as opposed to

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en ce qui concerne

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as regards

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les choses etant comme elles sont

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as things stand

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a cause de

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because of/ on account of

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en outre, par ailleurs

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besides, furthermore, in addition, moreover

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grosso modo

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Broadly, generally speaking

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grosso modo

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by and large

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au moyen de

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By means of

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par procuration

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to do shg by proxy

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en guise de conclusion

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By way of (conclusion)

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inversement

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conversely

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malgré

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Despite sans of

in spite of

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a cause de

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due to, owing to

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tout de meme

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even so

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bien que

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even thought

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a part

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except for

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tout d’abord

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first of all

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a la suite de

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following (on from)

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car

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for

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par exemple

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for example, instance

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d’ou

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Hence

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cependant

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however

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au cas ou

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in case

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en comparaison avec

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in comparison with

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pour conclure

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in conclusion/ To conclude

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en fait

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in fact

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conformément

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in keeping with

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a bien des egards

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in many respects

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dans la mesure ou

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insofar as

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au cas ou, en cas de

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in the event of

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il se trouve que

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it just so happens that (ironique)

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au moment ou

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just as

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tout comme

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just like

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de la meme maniere

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likewise

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en attendant

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in the meantime/ meanwhile

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neamoins

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nevertheless

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toujours en est il que

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still

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en admettant que

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supposing

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grace a

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thanks to

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il est inutile de

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there’s no point + V-ing

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ainsi, donc, de cette façon

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thus

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dans une certaine mesure

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to some extent

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dans la mesure ou

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to the extent that

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contrairement à, à la difference de

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unlike

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qui plus est

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what is more

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a quoi sert

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what is the point of + v-ing

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tandis que

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whereas

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pendant que, tandis que

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while

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A condition que

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on condition that

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expres

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on prupose

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d’une part..d’autre part

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On one hand, on the other hand

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doc

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so/ therefore

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puisque

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since

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de la meme façon

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similarly

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etant donné que

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seeing that

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sans tenir compte de

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regardless

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pourvu que

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Provided

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sinon

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or else otherwhise

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dans l’ensemble

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on the whole

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en hausse

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on the increase, rise

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sur le point de

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on the point / verge of

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Cependant, pourtant

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yet

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sans

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without

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à l’exception de

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with the exception of

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en vue de .. / dans l’optique de

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With a viex to + v-ing sthg