Useful Expressions Flashcards by Marina Steffensen

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Assez, c’est assez

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Enough is enough

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Ça ira

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We’ll manage / I’ll manage

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Ce n’est pas compliqué

A

It’s quite simple

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Ce sera fini

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It will be done

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C’est fantastique

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That’s fantastic

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Comment fait-on pour…?

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How do we go about….?

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Dis donc… / Dites donc…..

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By the way….,say…..,hey…

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Franchement

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Honestly! Really!

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Il n’y a pas de quoi!

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Don’t mention it

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Il s’agit de….

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It concerns, it’s about, it’s regarding

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Je le ferai

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I’ll do it

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Je vous en prie

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You’re quite welcome

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Merci mille fois

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Thanks a million

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Peux-tu venir…? / pouvez-vous venir…?

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Can you come…?

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Tu peux le dire / vous pouvez le dire

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You can say that again

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Ici Marina

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This is Marina speaking

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Á ce moment-là

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At that time

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À ce temps-ci de l’année

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(At) this time of (the) year

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À court terme/ À long terme

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Short term / long term, short range / long range

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À l’avance

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In advance

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Au moment où

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(Just) when

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Aussi longtemps que possible

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For as long as possible / one possible can

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Avant longtemps

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Before (too) long

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Ces jours / Ces temps-ci

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These days

D’ici là

Until then

En avance

Early

Pas avant

Not before / not until

Pendant des jours

For days

Pendant quelque temps

For a while, for some time

Pendant quelques jours

For a few days

Sou peu

Soon / shortly / before long

De toute façon / de toute manière

In any case….., anyhow….., anyway

En attendant….

Meanwhile…., in the meantime….

En faisant cela….

In doing that…., in doing so….

En plus….

In addition…., besides….

Pour ma part….

Consequently…., accordingly…., therefore

Peu importe

Whatever, no matter, it doesn’t matter, makes no difference

“Être censé” + infinitive

“To be supposed to” + verb