Mots-Liens/Grammaticals

Question 1

this/as much/many

as much as

Answer 1

autant (de)
- je n’ai jamais autant travaillé (I have never worked this much)
- avec autant d’eau par terre, je vais mouiller mes chaussures (with this much water on the gruond, I am going to get my shoes wet)

autant de… que
- il aime autant du gâteau que de la glace (he likes cake as much as ice cream)
- l’année dernière, nous avions autant de neige en hiver que cette année (last year, we had as much snow in winter as this year)

Question 2

like/such as

Answer 2

comme

Question 3

seeing as/given that

Answer 3

comme/attendu que/puisque

Question 4

those/people (who)

Answer 4

celui (qui)

Question 5

yet/however

Answer 5

pourtant/cependent/or

Question 6

nothing but/only

Answer 6

rien que
- il m’a demandé à dire rien que la vérité (he asked me to say only the truth)

ne… que
- je n’avais que des éloges (I had nothing but praise)

Question 7

among

Answer 7

parmi

Question 8

once/in the past

Answer 8

autrefois

Question 9

thereafter/subsequently

Answer 9

par la suite

Question 10

on one hand

on the other hand

Answer 10

d’un côté/d’une part

d’un autre côté/d’autre part

Question 11

all throughout/during

Answer 11

tout au long de

Question 12

in the middle/midst

Answer 12

au milieu

Question 13

on the contrary/quite the opposite

Answer 13

au contraire

Question 14

whereas

Answer 14

alors que/tandis que

Question 15

especially/above all

Answer 15

surtout

Question 16

although/even though

Answer 16

alors que/bien que (avec subjonctif)/malgré que

Question 17

as soon as

Answer 17

lorsque/dès que/aussitôt que

Question 18

rather (than)/instead (of)

Answer 18

plutôt (que)

Question 19

neither… nor…

neither of [smon]

Answer 19

[subj] ne [v] ni [n] ni [n]
- Je n’aime ni le chocolat, ni le café, ni le thé (I like neither chocolate, coffee, nor tea)

ni [subj] ni [subj] ne [v]
- Ni l’un ni l’autre ne se considère coupable (neither of them considered themselves guilty)

Question 20

by the way/for that matter

Answer 20

d’ailleurs

Question 21

in short/to sum up

Answer 21

en somme

Question 22

thus/in this way/like that

Answer 22

ainsi

Question 23

that is to say/in other words

Answer 23

c’est-à-dire/soit

Question 24

in fact/indeed

Answer 24

en effet

Question 25

either... or...

Answer 25

**soit... soit** - *soit tu pars, soit tu restes, il faut que tu décides (either you leave or you stay; you must decide)*

Question 26

in order to so that/in order that

Answer 26

**afin de/de façon à [v]** **afin que/de façon que [subj]** - avec subjonctif

Question 27

for fear of for fear that

Answer 27

**de crainte/peur de [v]** **de crainte/peur que [subj]** - avec subjonctif

Question 28

on account of/owing to

Answer 28

en raison de

Question 29

to the point where/to the extent that

Answer 29

à tel point que

Question 30

as/while [n] + [v]

Answer 30

tandis que/alors que/lorsque

Question 31

in spite of everything/after all

Answer 31

malgré tout

Question 32

all things considered

Answer 32

tout compte fait

Question 33

to be a question of to take action

Answer 33

**s'agir de** **agir**

Question 34

deep down/when it comes down to it

Answer 34

au fond

Question 35

formerly/in the olden days

Answer 35

jadis

Question 36

thus/so

Answer 36

donc

Question 37

anyways/regardless

Answer 37

de toute façon/quoi qu'il en soit

Question 38

almost

Answer 38

presque/quasiment

Question 39

otherwise (adv)

Answer 39

autrement

Question 40

much more

Answer 40

autrement/bien/beaucoup plus