Conjunctions and connectives
French | English |
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à cause de | because of |
à part | apart from |
ainsi | so, therefore |
alors | so, therefore, then |
aussi | also |
car | because |
cependant | however |
c’est-à-dire | that is to say, i.e. |
comme | as, like |
d’un côté/de l’autre côté | on the one hand/on the other hand |
donc | so, therefore |
ensuite | next |
évidemment | obviously |
mais | but |
même si | even if |
ou | or |
par contre | on the other hand |
par exemple | for example |
pendant que | while |
pourtant | however |
puis | then |
puisque | seeing that, since |
quand | when |
sans doute | undoubtedly, without doubt,probably |
si | if |
y compris | including |
Prepositions
French | English |
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à | to, at |
à côté de | next to |
à travers | across, through |
au bord de | at the side/edge of |
au bout de | at the end of (ie length, rather than time) |
au-dessous de | beneath, below |
au-dessus de | above,over |
au fond de | at the back of, at the bottom of |
au lieu de | instead of |
au milieu de | in the middle of |
autour de | around |
contre | against |
de | of, from |
depuis | since, for |
derrière | behind |
devant | in front of |
en | in, within (time) |
en dehors de | outside (of) |
en face de | opposite |
entre | between |
jusqu’à | up to, until |
malgré | despite, in spite of |
parmi | amongst |
pour | for, in order to |
près de | near |
sans | without |
selon | according to |
sous | under |
sur | on |
vers | towards |