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How to say “I was being” in French?

grammaire anglais temps-grammatical

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Le verbe français « sonner » et le verbe anglais « sound »

traduction anglais usage anglicismes

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Le mot “parlance”

traduction anglais étymologie histoire évolution

modified Oct 16 at 12:16 Dimitris 12.1k

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Emploi de “(Avoir) le blues”

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Conveying the idea of “stay tuned”

expressions anglais expressions-idiomatiques

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Conveying the idea of “tricky”

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Conveying the idea of “ It goes without saying” with “Il va sans dire”

expressions traduction anglais usage anglicismes

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Usage figuratif de « sexy » (conveying “sexy applications”)

expressions traduction anglais usage anglicismes

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Using “meilleure chose depuis le pain en tranches” to convey “best thing since sliced bread”

expressions traduction anglais expressions-idiomatiques

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Interpretation of “(see) references therein”

traduction anglais citations académique

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Que veut dire “une ligne de crête” - sens politique ou social et non pas géologique

sens traduction anglais choix-de-mot comparaison-de-langues

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French equivalent of “hands-on tutorial”

traduction anglais université

modified Oct 9 at 12:33 Julien B. 136

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Comment rendre “naysayers” ?

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Conveying the idea of “It's piece of cake” by “simple comme bonjour” or “bête comme chou”

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