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Contre

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Against

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Servir de

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To be used as

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Ne…que

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Only; nothing but

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  1. On n’a projeté des langues artificielles que pendant…

2. On n’a que projeté des langues artificielles pendant…

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  1. They have projected artificial languages only during…

2. They have only projected artificial languages during…

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Ne faire que + infinitive

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To do nothing else but;

All one does is

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On fit que l’Espéranto ne peut servir d’interprète qu’aux spécialistes linguistes

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It is said that Esperanto can serve as a means of communication only between linguists and specialists

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Les érudits ne comptent que cent cinquante langues universelles

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Scholars count not less than 150 international languages

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ne plus…que

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no longer (anything, anybody) except

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ne…jamais que

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never (anything, anyone) except

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ne… rien que

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nothing but, nothing except

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Il n’y a plus que les savants qui s’intéressent à l’Espéranto

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No one is interested in Esperanto anymore except scholars

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Déjà

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Already

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Vous n’avez rien prouvé que des faits déjà connus

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You have proved nothing but facts already known

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nettement

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Clearly, distinctly

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Il serait…

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It would be…

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pût

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Might

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partout

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Everywhere

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entrain

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Enthusiasm

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quoiqu’en

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although in

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sinon

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Otherwise; alternatively

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Tout à fait

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Entirely, quite

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Tout de suite

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Immediately

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tout homme

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Any (each) man

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Puis

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Then

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D'abord
First, firstly, at first
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tout langue
Any language
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Après
After
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davantage
More, further
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Mener à bien
To complete successfully
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subir
To suffer
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Épreuves
Trials, hardships
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Tant...que
As much... as
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il y eut
There was
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Bientôt
Soon
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Avoir lieu
To take place
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Aussitôt
Immediately
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Il fallut
It was necessary
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Avoir soin On eut grand soin
To take care They took much care
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Ils eurent soin
They took care
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Bientôt, de vives batailles eurent lieur avec les indigènes
Soon, lively battles took place with the natives
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Mais dès que...
But, as soon as,...
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ayant
Having
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Sachant
Knowing
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En
While, in, on, by, upon
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Tout en parlant...
While speaking...
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Tout en...
Although/while
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Ils virent
They saw
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je finissais
I finished I was finishing I used to finish
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un conte
a story/tale
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Alors que
While, just when
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Sa jalousie ne venait que de sa vanité
His jealousy came only from his vanity
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aussitôt que | Dés que
as soon as
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Ce que
That (which)
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Tandis que
While
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un èche
a failure
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d'abord
at first
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l' preceding on as in l'on...
... has no grammatical meaning
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aboutir à
to lead to | to end up at
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dernièrement
recently; lately
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toutefois
however
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j'aie
I have/ will have/may have etc.
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je sois
I am/will be/may be
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un but
a purpose
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Quoique
While, although
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Il avait peur de ne pas réussir
He was afraid of not succeeding
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Je crains que l'on ne fasse rien d'important
I'm afraid nothing important will be done ( is being done)
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J'ai mis J'avais mis
I have put I had put
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Ils l'ont poliment écoutée Ils l'ont poliment écouté
They politely listened to it They politely listened to him
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Buffon parlait en philosophe
Buffon was speaking as a philosopher
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Il faut beaucoup de raisons pour démontrer l'excellence de notre nature
Many reasons are necessary in order to demonstrate the excellence of our nature
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à l'instar de
following the example of
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de même que
Just as
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En raison de
Because of
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Mahomet fut l'objet d'une grande faveur divine
Mohammad was the recipient of a great divine favor
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Mahomet, dont nous allons parler plus loin, fut l'objet d'une faveur divine
Mohammad, of whom we are going to speak further, was the recipient of a divine favor
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autrement dit
That is to say
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Ailleurs
Elsewhere
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Dont
Of which, whose, including
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Il s'agit ici de
It is here a question of
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Le commandant a démontré la navigabilité des rapides de Boussa, dont il a étudié les chenaux avec soin
The commandant demonstrated the navigable its of the rapids of Boussa, the channels of which he studied carefully
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Ce qui est évident c'est
What is evident is
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Ce que je prétends
What I claim
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auparavant
before, previously
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autrefois
Formerly
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Venir + de
Has/had just
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Venir + à
To happen to
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en venir à
To be reduced to
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Ils furent des témoins oculaires...
They were eye witnesses...
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à peu prés
Approximately
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parenté
Relationship
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Sans que
Without
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A moins que
Unless
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Pourvu que
Provided
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S'ils...
If they...
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sinon
if not
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Dés que = aussitôt
As soon as
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à peine
scarcely, hardly
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...il devait recevoir...
He was to receive
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...sa famille a dû (dut) s'installer...
his family had to settle
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Ayant dû quitter leur pays
Having had to leave their native country...
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...il a dû faire...
...he must have made...
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devoir + noun =
to owe
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devoir + infinitive =
Conjecture/obligation/intent

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