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Comment dirais-je... ? We'll see

TermDefinition
On verra bien We shall see
s'attendre à to expect
attendre avec impatience to look forward to
difficile à prévoir hard to foresee
imprévisible unpredictable
qu'en sera-t-il de l'avenir ? what will the future bring?
que résultera-t-il de (+ noun)... ? what will be the result of. . . ?
il est à prévoir que... it is possible to predict that...
reste à savoir si... it remains to be seen whether...
reste à espérer que… the hope remains that...
reste à savoir ce qui en résultera the outcome remains to be seen
seul l'avenir nous le dira only time will tell
c'est de bon augure it bodes well
c'est de mauvais augure it bodes ill
on peut se perdre en conjectures one could speculate for ever
se garder de tout pronostic to refrain from making predictions
l’incertitude plane sur... uncertainty hovers over...
quoi qu’il advienne whatever happens
l'heure de vérité approche the moment of truth is approaching
faire craindre le pire to lead one to expect the worst
rien ne laisse présager... there is no reason for predicting...
dans la meilleure des hypothèses if things turn out for the best
de réels motifs d'espoir real grounds for hope
se dérouler selon Ies prévisions to go according to plan
se dérouler comme prévu to go according to plan
l'optimisme/le pessimisme reste de rigueur one can only be optimistic/pessimistic
le catastrophisme n'est pas de mise a gloom-and-doom attitude is inappropriate
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