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everyone agrees that

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Tout le monde s’accorde à penser que

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it is a well known fact that

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Il est bien connu que

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we live in a world in which

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Nous vivons dans un monde où

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the question has long been at the heart of…

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Cette question est depuis longtemps

au coeur du débat

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the first point to note is that

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La première constatation qui s’impose c’est que

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firstly let us examine

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en premier lieu examinons

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according to the author

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selon l’auteur

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after studying… let us consider

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Après avoir étudié….considérons

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at the end of this analysis it is however important to point out that

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Au terme de cette analyse, il faut cependant faire remarquer que

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what conclusions can be drawn from this analysis?

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Quelles conclusions tirer de cette analyse ?

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In short…

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En somme

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When all is said and done

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En definitive

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one can put forward

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On peut advancer

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let us examine

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Examinons

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It may be noted that

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On peut noter que

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As we shall see in more detail later

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Comme nous le verrons plus en détail par la suite

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on one hand … on the other hand …

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D’une part….d’autre part

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either … or …

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Soit …..soit

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in the same way that

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De même que

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what is more

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De plus

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furthermore

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En outre

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equally

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Également

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as far as … is concerned

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En ce qui concerne (le/la/les)

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as for the …

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Quant à la/ au/aux

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Firstly
Premièrement
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Secondly
Deuxièmement
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Thirdly
Troisièmement
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nevertheless
Néanmoins
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however
Cependant
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despite everything
Malgré tout
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despite
En dépit de
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In my opinion
À mon avis / selon moi
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as far as I'm concerned
en ce qui me concerne / pour ma part
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personally
personnellement
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I'm of the opinion that
je suis d’avis que
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I maintain that
je soutiens que
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According to the author
Selon l’auteur
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as (sing.) points out
Comme le souligne
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as (pl.) points out
Comme le soulignent
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she claims that
Elle prétend que
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they claim that
Ils prétendent que
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According to the official version
Selon la version officielle
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let us take the case of
Prenons le cas de
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One needs only take __ as an example
Il suffit de prendre pour exemple __
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... is a striking example of this
……en est un exemple frappant
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is a good illustration of
….illustre(nt) bien
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It is true that
Il est exact que
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One can see that
On peut noter que
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One can assume that
On peut supposer que
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It is certain that
Il est certain que
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It is clear that / clearly
Il est clair que
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There is no doubt that
il ne fait aucun doute que
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It cannot be denied that
il est indéniable que
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It seems that
il semble que
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It is possible that
il est possible que
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probably / no doubt
sans doute
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the fact remains that
toujours est-il que
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however
toutefois
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The least one can say is that
le moins que l’on puisse dire est que
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no doubt ... but
sans doute ….mais
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It is worth stressing
il convient de souligner
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It is a question of
c’est une question de…
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not only ... but
non seulement….mais
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brings to light
……met en lumière
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let us not forget that
N’oublions pas que
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I have no wish to criticise ... but it seems that
Sans vouloir critiquer….. il semble cependant que
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it would be unfair to...
il serait injuste de….
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Without wishing to attach too much importance to these details, it seems however that...
sans attacher trop d’importance à ces details, il semble pourtant que
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one has, nevertheless, to qualify
Il faut néanmoins nuancer
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indeed
En effet
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One has to recognise that
Il faut reconnaître que
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Everything seems to indicate that
Tout semble effectivement indiquer que
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It is impossible to accept that...
il est impossible d’accepter que
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If this isn't enough, there is also
Si ce n'est pas assez, il y a encore...
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the most effective response is ...
La réponse la plus efficace est
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in this regard
à ce propos
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My attitude towards ...
mon attitude envers ...
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c'est répandu
it's widespread
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Indeed, numerous studies have shown that ...
En effet de nombreuses enquêtes ont montré
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That is not necessarily the case
ce n'est pas forcement le cas
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in contrast / however
En revanche
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There's no denying that
Nul ne peut nier que
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basically
au fond / en fait
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to put it briefly
en résumé
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It therefore appears that
Il apparait donc (subjunctive maybe)
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in order to summarise
Pour résumer
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To be on the path of
être en voi de
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quoi que je fasse
whatever I do
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quelles que soient les difficultés
whatever the difficulties may be
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à moins que (pron + ne + subj.)
unless...
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Je n'y suis jamais allé
I've never gone there
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quoi qu'il en soit
whatever the case (may be)
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quoi qu'il en arrive
whatever / no matter what happens
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un thème brûlant de l'actualité
a hot topic in the news
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si l'on s'en tient à
based on...
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avec gaité du coeur
to do something with your heart and soul in it
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l'ère de
the age of
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Je ne peux pas m'empêcher de penser que
I can't help thinking that...
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jeter un oeil sur
to cast an eye on
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récuperer
to recuperate
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signe(s) de
evidence of
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un régle d'or
the golden rule
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inciter à
to entice/incite
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par souci d'économie
due to economic worries
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(c'est) ce dont on a besoin
(it is) what we need / what is needed
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j'ignore tout de...
I know nothing about...
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à cet égard
in that sense
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à l'égard de
with regards to
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étant donné que
given that
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et ainsi de suite
and so on and so forth
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jusqu'à un certain point
to a certain extent
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à cet effet
to this end
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ajoutons que
let us add that

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