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"word": "à quoi bon"
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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "il n’y a pas de quoi"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "il n’y a pas de quoi fouetter un chat"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
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"word": "quoi qu’il en ait été"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "quoi qu’il en coûte"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "quoi qu’il en eût été"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "quoi qu’il en fût"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "quoi qu’il en soit"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tout et n’importe quoi"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tu sais quoi"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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"english": "What is he talking about?",
"text": "De quoi parle-t-il ?",
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{
"english": "What are you thinking about?",
"text": "À quoi penses-tu ?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What is this used for?",
"text": "À quoi cela sert-il ?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What is this supposed to be eaten with?",
"text": "Avec quoi cela se mange-t-il ?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What are you doing this for?",
"text": "En vue de quoi fais-tu cela ?",
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"ref": "Il dit quoi ? (direct object)",
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"english": "I know what to do.",
"text": "Je sais quoi faire.",
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"text": "Je ne sais pas quoi faire.\nI don't know what to do.\n(more formal French: Je ne sais que faire.)",
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"english": "(literally, “...that on which I am working...”)",
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"text": "Laisse-moi te montrer ce sur quoi je travaille en ce moment.",
"type": "example"
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{
"english": "And that's what we've spent our time on.",
"text": "Et voilà à quoi nous avons passé notre temps.",
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{
"english": "They've lost a lot of money, in consequence of which they've had to close the shop.",
"text": "Ils ont perdu beaucoup d’argent, en conséquence de quoi ils ont dû fermer le magasin.",
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"english": "There was enough to fill three boxes.",
"text": "Il y avait de quoi remplir trois boîtes.",
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"(after de and before an infinitive verb)",
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"english": "There's nothing to make a big thing out of!",
"text": "Il n’y a pas de quoi en faire tout un plat !",
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{
"english": "literally, “There is nothing [to thank me for].”",
"text": "Merci !\n—Il n’y a pas de quoi [me remercier].\nThanks!\n—Don't mention it.",
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"english": "Whatever I may do, nothing will change.",
"text": "Quoi que je fasse, rien ne changera.",
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"english": "Whatever may happen, I will be there.",
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"word": "à quoi bon"
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{
"word": "comme quoi"
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{
"word": "de quoi"
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{
"word": "de quoi je me mêle"
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{
"word": "dire quoi"
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{
"word": "en foi de quoi"
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{
"word": "et puis quoi encore"
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{
"word": "il n’y a pas de quoi"
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{
"word": "il n’y a pas de quoi fouetter un chat"
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{
"word": "n’importe quoi"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "quoi qu’il en coûte"
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "tout et n’importe quoi"
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{
"word": "tu sais quoi"
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{
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},
{
"english": "What are you thinking about?",
"text": "À quoi penses-tu ?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What is this used for?",
"text": "À quoi cela sert-il ?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What is this supposed to be eaten with?",
"text": "Avec quoi cela se mange-t-il ?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What are you doing this for?",
"text": "En vue de quoi fais-tu cela ?",
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"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "Il dit quoi ? (direct object)",
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{
"english": "I know what to do.",
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"type": "example"
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{
"text": "Je ne sais pas quoi faire.\nI don't know what to do.\n(more formal French: Je ne sais que faire.)",
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"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "And that's what we've spent our time on.",
"text": "Et voilà à quoi nous avons passé notre temps.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "They've lost a lot of money, in consequence of which they've had to close the shop.",
"text": "Ils ont perdu beaucoup d’argent, en conséquence de quoi ils ont dû fermer le magasin.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"which"
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{
"english": "literally, “There is nothing [to thank me for].”",
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"english": "Whatever I may do, nothing will change.",
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"english": "Whatever may happen, I will be there.",
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{
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"english": "So, this guy, like, told me to give you his wallet.",
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"word": "comment"
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"word": "pardon"
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"word": "plaît-il"
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