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but
- conjunction mais.
- preposition sauf;
anybody ~ him n'importe qui sauf lui;
nobody ~ me knows how to do it il n'y a que moi qui sache le faire;
he's nothing ~ a coward ce n'est qu'un lâche;
the last ~ one l'avant-dernier.
- adverb one can't help ~ admire her on ne peut pas s'empêcher de l'admirer.
- but for phrase ~ for you, I would have died sans toi je serais mort;
he would have gone ~ for me si je n'avais pas été là il serait parti.
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'but' found in these entries:
English:
a - aim - anything - anyway - between - do - drift - end - get - goal - goalkeeper - goalpost - he - her - hers - his - I - instead - its - last - least - let - look - mind - mine - my - nobody - none - non-profitmaking - nothing - object - purpose - save - score - sense - some - spring - theirs - there - this - used - very - we - well - what - would - yours
French:
agir - alors - au-delà - autrement - avant-dernier - celui-ci - cœur - comment - contrepartie - côté - dire - dix - domicilié - donner - douter - encore - enfin - ensuite - étrangement - faire - falloir - gardien - huit - ici - incroyable - long - main - mais - malheur - mine - ne - nécessité - nul - par-devant - pas - passer - peu - pourquoi - pratiquer - prendre - près - quand - quoique - recours - sans - sauf - seulement - si - six - soit
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| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||||||||
| but | conj | (yet) | mais conj | ||||||
| I may be old, but I can still ride a bike. | |||||||||
| Je suis peut-être vieux, mais je peux encore faire du vélo. | |||||||||
| but | conj | (except) | hormis, sauf prép | ||||||
| à part prép | |||||||||
| They couldn't do anything but stand there and stare. | |||||||||
| Ils ne pouvaient rien faire, hormis (or: sauf) rester là et observer. | |||||||||
| Ils ne pouvaient rien faire à part rester là à observer. | |||||||||
| but | prep | (except for) | à part prép | ||||||
| excepté adj | |||||||||
| sauf prép | |||||||||
| Nobody did anything but me. | |||||||||
| À part moi, personne n'a rien fait. | |||||||||
| Moi excepté, personne ne faisait rien. | |||||||||
| Personne ne faisait rien, sauf moi. | |||||||||
| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires | |||||||||
| but | adv | (only) | ne que loc | ||||||
| seulement adv | |||||||||
| She is but a child. | |||||||||
| Elle n'est qu'une enfant. | |||||||||
| C'est seulement une enfant. | |||||||||
| but for | adv | (were it not) | sans prép | ||||||
| We would never have won but for your help. | |||||||||
| Nous n'aurions jamais gagné sans votre aide. | |||||||||
| but | conj | (on the contrary) | mais conj | ||||||
| I asked not for a salad but for soup. | |||||||||
| Je n'ai pas commandé une salade, mais une soupe. | |||||||||
| but | conj | (if not) | que adv | ||||||
| He's nothing but trouble, that boy. | |||||||||
| Ce garçon n'apporte que des ennuis. | |||||||||
| but | conj | (unless) | traduction non disponible | ||||||
| That boy is nothing but trouble. | |||||||||
| but | conj | (rather) | mais conj | ||||||
| He's not a violinist but a cellist. | |||||||||
| Il n'est pas violoniste mais violoncelliste. | |||||||||
| but | conj | (otherwise than) soutenu | que conj | ||||||
| I cannot but agree with what you say. | |||||||||
| Je ne peux qu'opiner. | |||||||||
| but | conj | (doubt that) | que conj | ||||||
| There is no doubt but he is the best person on the team. | |||||||||
| Il ne fait pas de doute qu'il est le meilleur de l'équipe. | |||||||||
| but | conj | (used as intensifier) | mais vraiment conj | ||||||
| There was nothing good on TV, but nothing! | |||||||||
| Il n'y avait rien, mais vraiment rien d'intéressant à la télé ! | |||||||||
| but | n | (objection) familier | mais nm | ||||||
| You're going to bed now, and I don't want to hear any buts! | |||||||||
| Tu vas au lit maintenant, et il n'y a pas de mais ! | |||||||||
| Améliorer les traductions "{0}" ci-dessus. | |||||||||
| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||||||||
| all but | adv | presque | |||||||
| and nothing but the truth | phrase | et rien que la vérité | |||||||
| anything but | phrase | tout sauf | |||||||
| but never mind | mais bon | ||||||||
| but now | mais maintenant | ||||||||
| but then | mais alors | ||||||||
| cannot help but | v | ne pas pouvoir s'empêcher de | |||||||
| have no option but | ne pas avoir de choix que | ||||||||
| nothing but | adv | ne que | |||||||
| nothing else but | phrase | rien de plus que | |||||||
| Report an error. | |||||||||
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....but I do like Françoise Hardy.
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...But nobody from America comes to my page. I think I will move to Paris.
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'But, if that doesn't work out'
'Oh, but it is!'
'Routard'- colloquial but not condescending
“A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end . . . but not necessarily in that order”
"An evasive but broadly conciliatory notion"
"But it doesn't look like it's going to recover soon"
"But mother," answered Robert.
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"eye-catching"...but POSITIVE
"Flourish" but with negative meaning
"he all but attacks"
"He does nothing but criticize everything around him."
"I can't help but to..."
"I have nobody but myself"
"Obviously, I did lie about my homework, but here it is now. Could you please check for mistakes in it?"
"She went to go, but he stopped her"
"There but for the grace of God"
Suite...
...but he knew better than to trust them
...But nobody from America comes to my page. I think I will move to Paris.
...but those are not real disadvantages
...but why was this so?
...not by King George, but by German soldiers
...not only..., but also ...
..a pour but...
..but there are a few of very old school buildings..
'But, if that doesn't work out'
'Oh, but it is!'
'Routard'- colloquial but not condescending
“A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end . . . but not necessarily in that order”
"An evasive but broadly conciliatory notion"
"But it doesn't look like it's going to recover soon"
"But mother," answered Robert.
"but not untill now"
"but patrimonial"
"but the nickname cinched it"
"but what of..."
"But you can't have everything!"
"eye-catching"...but POSITIVE
"Flourish" but with negative meaning
"he all but attacks"
"He does nothing but criticize everything around him."
"I can't help but to..."
"I have nobody but myself"
"Obviously, I did lie about my homework, but here it is now. Could you please check for mistakes in it?"
"She went to go, but he stopped her"
"There but for the grace of God"
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