| IDIOMS INTRODUCED BY "À":
This is not an exhaustive list.
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à cause de |
because of, on account of |
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à force de |
by, by means of, by dint of |
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à partir de |
from .... on (as in à partir d'aujourd'hui, from today
on), beginning with |
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à propos de |
about, concerning |
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à demi / à moitié |
half, halfway |
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à part (de) |
aside (from) |
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à peine |
hardly, scarcely |
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à travers |
through, across |
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à haute voix |
aloud, out loud |
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à peu près |
nearly, about, approximately |
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à son gré |
as one pleases,
to one's liking |
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à temps |
in time |
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à tout prix |
at any cost |
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à vrai dire |
to tell the truth |
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à la bonne heure |
Good! Fine! (It's about time!) |
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à l'étranger |
abroad, in a foreign country |
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à la fin |
finally |
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à la fois |
at the same time |
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à l'heure |
on time |
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à la main |
in one's hand, in one's possession |
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à la mode |
in style |
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au contraire |
on the contrary |
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au bout de |
at the end of (place / time), after (time) |
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au courant de |
informed of |
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au-dessous de |
below, beneath |
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au-dessus de |
above, over |
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au fond de |
in the bottom of, at the core / foundation of something |
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au lieu de |
instead of |
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au loin |
in the distance |
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au milieu de |
in the middle of |
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au moins |
at least |
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au pied de |
at the foot of |
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à quoi bon (+ inf.) |
What's the use (of doing something)? What purpose does
it serve (to do something)? |
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