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NOUN

le but | les buts

NOUN	but \| buts	edit
SYNO	but \| just \| merely \| only ...
but \| just \| merely \| only \| simply © Princeton University

mais {conj}

11

but

or {conj} [transition]

but

presque {adv}

all but [almost]

seulement {adv}

but [merely]

Nouns

sport but {m}

25

but {m} [intention, objectif]

6

purpose [goal, aim]

but {m}

2

but {m} [intéret]

point [purpose]

2 Words: Others

avant-dernier {adj}

last but one

le surlendemain {adv}

the next day but one

(But) then again ...

mais plutôt {adv}

rien que {pron}

nothing but

sans que {conj} [+subj.]

but

all but [all except]

anything but ...

2 Words: Nouns

sport but {m} décisif

decider [goal]

sport but {m} fantôme

sport but {m} fantôme

phantom goal [ghost goal]

sport but {m} opportuniste

poacher's goal [coll.] [football / soccer]

sport but {m} opportuniste

tap-in [football / soccer]

sport but {m} opportuniste

close-range goal [football / soccer]

3 Words: Others

C'est du pipeau. [fam.] [paroles creuses]

That's nothing but hot air.

enfin et surtout {adv}

last but not least

enfin et surtout {adv}

last but by no means least

lentement mais sûrement {adv}

slowly but surely

3 Words: Verbs

sport marquer un but

to score a goal

voyager sans but

to roam

3 Words: Nouns

sport angle {m} du but

corner of the goalpost [soccer]

sport but {m} à domicile

home goal [soccer]

sport but {m} de l'égalisation

equaliser [Br.] [NZ] [football]

sport but {m} de l'égalisation

equalizer [Am.] [Can.] [football]

sport but {m} en or

golden goal [football / soccer]

sport gardien {m} (de but)

goalie [coll.]

sport gardien {m} (de but)

sport gardien {m} (de but)

keeper [goalkeeper]

sport gardien {m} (de but)

sport gardien {m} de but

sport gardienne {f} de but

goalkeeper [female]

sport ligne {f} de but

sport montant {m} de but

sport montant {m} de but

réalisation {f} d'un but

accomplishment of an aim

sport sortie {f} de but [au football]

sport surface {f} de but [football]

goal area [soccer]

sport surface {f} de but [football]

goal box [soccer]

4 Words: Others

dans le but de {conj}

dans le but de {prep}

with the aim of

de but en blanc {adv}

bluntly [directly, point-blank]

mais, dira-t-on, ...

but, one may say, ...

non seulement ... mais aussi {adv}

not only ... but also

4 Words: Verbs

aller droit au but

to go straight to the point

parvenir à son but

to achieve one's aim

parvenir à son but

to achieve one's goal

4 Words: Nouns

sport but {m} contre son camp

but {m} dans la vie

purpose in life

5+ Words: Others

Ce n'était pas ce lundi mais celui d'avant.

It was not this Monday but the previous one.

Certes, je me suis trompé, mais ...

Admittedly I made a mistake but ...

Elles avaient beau être sœurs ...

They may well have been sisters (but) ...

L'erreur est humaine, persévérer [dans son erreur] est diabolique.

To err is human, (but) to persist is diabolical. [Citation : Seneca]

L'esprit est fort mais la chair est faible. [loc.]

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. [idiom]

Mais il ne s'agit pas de ça !

But that's not the point!

Un ennui ne vient jamais seul. [loc.]

It never rains but it pours. [idiom]

Un malheur n'arrive jamais seul. [loc.]

It never rains but it pours. [idiom]

5+ Words: Verbs

avoir un but dans la vie

to have a sense of purpose

loc. demander qc. de but en blanc

to ask sth. point-blank

errer sans but dans la vie

to drift through life

être dans la nécessité de faire qc.

to have no choice but to do sth.

sport franchir la ligne de but [football]

to cross the goal line [football]

sport placer le bus devant le but [fig.] [jouer de manière très défensive]

to park the bus in front of the goal [idiom] [aggressive defensive play]

se fixer comme but de faire qc.

to set oneself the goal of doing sth.

se fixer pour but de faire qc.

to set oneself the goal of doing sth.

5+ Words: Nouns

sport règle {f} du but à l'extérieur

away goals rule

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