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Dictionary French ← English: were

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to be | [I/he/she/it] was/wis [Scot.]// [you/we/they] were | been ...

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À ta place ...

If I were you ...

À votre place ...

If I were you ...

5+ Words

citation Je ne suis pas gay, quoique j'aimerais bien l'être, rien que pour faire chier les homophobes.

I am not gay although I wish I were just to piss off homophobes. [Kurt Cobain]

Je dois admettre que tu avais raison.

I have to admit you were right.

Excusez-moi, je vous ai pris pour quelqu'un d'autre.

I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else.

Vivement vendredi !

If only it were Friday!

Vivement que cela finisse ! [fam.]

If only it were over and done!

bien avant ta naissance {adv}

long before you were born

Ils étaient trois.

The three of them were together.

Ils étaient trois.

There were three of them.

Ils ont été refoulés à la frontière

They were turned back at the border.

Nous allions partir lorsqu'on a sonné.

We were about to leave when the door bell rang.

bien avant ta naissance {adv}

well before you were born

Que faisais-tu au juste ?

What exactly were you doing?

À quoi pensiez-vous ?

What were you thinking about?

Tu compromettais la mission.

You were compromising the mission.

Tu compromettais la mission.

You were risking the mission.

loi {f} du talion

principle, to give back as you were given

Fiction (Literature and Film)

film F La Perle noire [film de 1953]

All the Brothers Were Valiant [Richard Thorpe]

littérat. F Quand nous étions grands

Back When We Were Grownups [Anne Tyler]

BD F Non, Obélix ! ... Tu n'auras pas de potion magique ! Je t'ai dit mille fois que tu étais tombé dedans étant petit ! [citation]

No, Obelix! ... You cannot have the magic potion! I've told you a thousand times that you fell into the potion when you were little!

film F Les Sacrifiés

They Were Expendable [John Ford]

littérat. F Quand nous étions orphelins

When We Were Orphans [Kazuo Ishiguro]

littérat. F J'aimerais tellement que tu sois là

Wish You Were Here [Graham Swift]

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