Expressing Ideas Flashcards

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Avant tout/en tout premier lieu

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First and foremost

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Tout d’abord

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To begin with

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Deuxièmement

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Second(ly)

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Troisièmement

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Third(ly)

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Puis/ensuite

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Then

Next

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Finalement/en dernier lieu

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Lastly

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Concernant/en ce qui concerne

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Concerning

As regards

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Quant à

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As for

As to

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À cause de

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Because of

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Premièrement

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First(ly)

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Du fait de

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Owing to

On account of

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Grâce à

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Thanks to

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Faute de

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For lack of

For want of

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De crainte de

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For fear of

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En raison de

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On (the) grounds of

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étant donné que

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Due to
Given that
Considering

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Comme/puisque

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Since

As

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Par conséquent

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Therefore

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Donc

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so

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De la même façon

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Likewise

Similarly (-)

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Sans oublier

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Not to mention

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D’un côté/D’un autre côté

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On the one hand

On the other hand

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De plus/en outre/par ailleurs

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Besides
In addition
Moreover
Furthermore

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Cela me rappelle

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It reminds me of

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Pour résumer/en résumer
To sum (things) up
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En un mot/en bref
In a word | To put it in a nutshell
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En conclusion/pour conclure
As a conclusion/to conclude
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En d'autres termes
in other words
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Pour dire les choses autrement
To put it differently
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C'est à dire
That is to say
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Ceci revient à dire que
This amounts to saying that | It is tantamount to saying that
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Dans une certaine mesure
Up to a point
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Jusqu'à certain point
Up to a point
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Tout bien considéré
All thing considered
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Certains disent/prétendent que
Some say that | Some claim that
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Il affirme que
He asserts that
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Il maintient que
He maintains that
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D'après/selon
According to
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A mon avis
In my opinion | To my mind
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A mon sens
As I see it The way I see it I feel that
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Il me semble que
It seems to me that
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Je trouve que
I find that
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Pour ma part/personnellement
For my part | Personally
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J'ai bien peur que
I'm afraid that
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Je ne peux m'empêcher de penser que
I can't help thinking that
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Il ne fait aucun doute que
There is no doubt that
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Il est difficile de dire si
It is hard to tell if | It is difficult to say whether
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Autant que je sache
As far as I know
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A ma connaissance
To the best of my knowledge
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Je n'en ai pas la moindre idée
I haven't got the faintest idea
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Je dois reconnaître que
I have to concede that
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Je n'ai pas d'objection à ce que
I have no objection to
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Je ne pense pas
I think not | I suppose not
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J'imagine que oui/j'imagine que non
I guess so | I guess not
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Les gens ont tout à fait raison de
People are quite right to
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Ils ont tort de penser que
They are wrong in thinking that
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J'approuve les décisions que
I approve of the decisions which
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Je désapprouve le fait de dire que
I disapprove of saying
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Je suis pour
I'm for | I'm in favor of
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Je suis contre
I'm against | I'm opposed to
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Je suis convaincu(e) que
I'm convinced that/of
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J'ai des doutes quant à
I have my doubts about
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On ne sait jamais
You never know
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Je me demande si
I wonder if/whether
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Sans aucun doute
Undoubtedly
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Cela ne manquera pas de se produire
It is bound to happen
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Il est probable qu'il acceptera
He is likely to agree
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Il y a peu de chances que cela arrive
It is unlikely to happen
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Cependant/Néanmoins/Pourtant
However Nonetheless Nevertheless Yet
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Et pourtant
And yet
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Bien que
Although Even though Even if
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Sans oublier
Not to mention
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Alors que/Tandis que
Whereas | While
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En outre/De plus/Par ailleurs
Besides/What's more
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Par conséquent
Therefore Consequently As a consequence
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Ainsi
Thus
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A l'inverse
Conversely
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Comme/ Etant donné que/Puisque
As Given that Considering
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Malgré/En dépit de
In spite of/Despite
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D'où
Hence
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Afin de
To So as to In order to
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Pendant ce temps/En attendant
Meanwhile | In the mean time
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Sinon/Sans quoi
Otherwise | Or else
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Pourvu que/A condition que/Dans la mesure où
Provided/providing
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Jusqu'à ce que
Until | Till
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A moins que
Unless
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Ceci étant dit
That being said
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On peut se demander si
We may wonder whether
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Pour dire les choses autrement
To put it differently
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Ce qui revient à dire que
This is tantamount to saying that
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Pour faire court
To cut a long story short
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Pour illustrer mon point de vue
To illustrate my point