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to,at,in

aprs after

avant before

avec with

chez at/to the house of

concernan

tconcerning,regqrding,relating to

contre against

dans in

de from, of

depuis since+(time point), for (+ti,e period ,fr, + place on

derrire behind

ds from.....on,as early as, starting from

devant in front of

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durant during

en in

entre between

envers towards (person)

except except; apart fro,

hormis except for

hors out of; outside

jusque until

malgr in spite of

moyennant for;with

outre besides,in addition to

par by; through;per

parmi among

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pass past

pendant during; for +time period

pour for; in order tosans without

sauf except,apart from

selon according tosous under

suivant according to

sur onvers toward

vu due to, given

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Outre le franais, il parle trois languesBesides French, he speaks three languages

Beaucoup denfant naissent hors mariageMany children are born out of wedlock

Le distributeur est hors serviceThe vending machine is out of order

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Selon la mto, il va neiger Daprs la mto, il va neiger According to the weather forecast, its going to snow

Pass dix heures; il ne faut pasfaire de bruit

After ten oclock, one must not make any noise

Agissez suivant mes conseils Act according to my advice

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Sayings and Expressions...

Balayer devant sa porteto put ones house in

order before criticizingothers

le pire est derrire nous the worst is over (=behind us )

selon toute probabilit in all likelihood

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Sayings and expressions...

Il a divorc davec safemme he divorced his wife

cette bague vient de chez vous

this ring comes from your store

deux dentre eux two of them

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When several complements are present, the prepositions , de , and en must be replacedbefore each word they govern

bonjour tous et toutes hello everybody

Jirai Paris et Rome I will go to Paris and Rome

Bonne Anne et bonne sant toi et

toute ta famille

Happy new year and good health to you

and your family

Il est fier de son fils et de sa fille he is proud of his son and daughter

Nous allons en France et en Italie we go to France and Italy

On peut y aller en train ou en avion one can go there by train or plane

elle a traduit le passage en anglais et en

espagnol

she translated the passage into english

and spanish

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EXCEPT WHEN...

When several complements are present, the prepositions , de , and en must be replaced before each word they govern

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Except when the words making up the complements are

part of a fixed expressiondesignate the same person-or- form a unit

lEcole des arts et mtiers the school of arts and crafts

Je parle mon ami et collgueDavid

I speak to my friend andcollegue David

Cest le fils de Monsieur et

Madame Dubois

He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Dubois vos risques et prils at your own risk

court et moyen terme in the short and medium term

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-OR- The complements are numerals combined by ou

une lettre de deux outrois pages

a two or three page letter

La Tour Eiffel slve 300 ou 310 mtres

The Eiffel Tower rises to 300 or 310meters

Je peux faire a en cinqou six minutes!

i can do that within 5 or 6 minutes!