Cette page comporte des mots et expressions utiles en anglais que vous pourrez employer lors de vos prochains writings.
Introduire :
First of all: Tout d’abord, avant tout
For a start = To begin with: pour commencer
As an introduction : en guise d’introduction
It is commonly said that… : On dit communément que …
Ordonner ses idées :
To begin with = first = firstly = first of all = in the first place : d’abord
First and foremost: en tout premier lieu
Secondly = in the second place : deuxièmement
Thirdly : troisièmement
Then = next : ensuite
Lastly = finally = eventually : finalement
Présenter son point de vue :
From my point of view = in my view = in my opinion = personally (selon moi)
As far as I’m concerned = if you ask me
It seems to me that : il me semble que
I have the feeling that: je sens que
I am well aware that : je suis conscient que
We are given the impression that : on a l’impression que
It may be noticed that : on peut noter que
As for : quant à
Regarding = concerning : concernant
As far as … is concerned = according to … : selon
Donner des exemples :
For instance : for example
That is to say : c’est-à-dire
Let’s take the example of : prenons l’exemple de…
Let us consider the example of : considérons l’exemple de…
There is a striking example of : il existe un exemple frappant de…
Pour conclure :
In conclusion I would say that… : Pour conclure, je voudrais dire
In short = in brief : en bref
To put it in a nutshell : pour résumer
To put it differently: De le dire différemment
Generally speaking: en general
In most cases : dans la plupart des cas
Vous pouvez également varier vos expressions comme par exemple :
Good: excellent, interesting, thrilling, great, fine, pleasant …
Important: major, crucial, significant, essential, serious …
Interesting: motivating, exciting, attractive, appealing, entertaining …
Problem: issue, topic, question …
Speak: be about, have to do with, deal with, evoke, mention, refer to, focus on …
I think: in my opinion, as far as I’m…
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