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Comment dirais-je... ? I disagree...
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Je ne suis pas d'accord | I disagree |
| rien n'est moins sûr | nothing is less certain |
| loin s'en faut | far from it |
| c'est tout le contraire | exactly the opposite is true |
| ma réaction est négative | I react negatively |
| je remets en cause... | l call into question... |
| je condamne nettement... | l condemn outright... |
| je m'élève contre... | I protest against... |
| je suis fermement opposé(e) a... | I am firmly opposed to... |
| je prends le contre-pied | I take the opposite view |
| il y a quelque exagération à affirmer que. .. . | it is somewhat excessive to state that... |
| l'erreur serait de croire que... | the mistake would be to think that... |
| il faut se garder de conclure que... | we must be wary of concluding that... |
| contrairement à ce que prétend(ent) [X] | contrary to the claims made by [X] |
| il est peu probable que (+ subjunctive) | it is unlikely that... |
| personne n'imagine en effet que (+ subjunctive) | nobody really imagines that... |
| il n'est pas normal que... (+ subjunctive) | it is not acceptable that... |
| il est illusoire de s’imaginer que... (+ subjunctive) | it is fanciful to imagine that... |
| il est invraisemblable que... (+ subjunctive) | it is improbable/unlikely/incredible that... |
| il y a peu de chances que... (+ subjunctive) | there is not much likelihood that... |
| il est encore moins certain que... (+ subunctive) | it is even less certain that... |
| qui pourrait soutenir que... (+ subjunctive) ? | who could maintain that. . .? |
| croit-on vraiment que... (+ subjunctive) ? | do people really believe that…? |
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