Leçon8: Business Idioms: Expression pour argument
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Dans cette leçon vous allez apprendre de nouvelles expressions qui vous permettront de trouver plus facilement les termes pour développer des idées et des arguments.
As we have seen : Vous utiliserez cette expression pour dire : comme dit précédemment, comme vu précédemment ;
- As we have seen from the figures, sales in all sectors are up, although profits remain marginal.
- Our competition have, as we have seen from past experience, always been ready to cut prices in order to win a larger market share.
- The production manages cannot be reliable on any longer. As we have seen , every order is behind schedule.
By the same token: Pour la même raison ; comme suite logique du même argument.
- Because of falling profits, research and development costs must be drastically reduced. By the same token, there are to be no salaries increase.
- Workers have the right to strike in support of dispute; by the same token, employers have the right to dismiss them for breach of contract.
- He is a tough professional negotiator who usually gets what he wants, but by the same token is not popular man.
By the way: Cette expression tient lieu des expressions françaises : en fait, il faut dire que, pendant qu’on y est ; elle est utilisée pour changer de sujet et faire une transition.
- Really? That’s interesting. By the way, did you hear the latest news about our competitors?
- … About production figures, I think I should mention, by the way, that we have now found a replacement for the production manager. Now, to get back to what I was saying the production figures.
In other words : En d’autres termes ; pour résumer.
- The basic function of financial institutions is to advance credit facilities; in other words, banks do business by lending money.
- We have doubts about the feasibility of this project; in other words, we don’t think it’s a good idea.
- Increasing incidentally interest rates has an impact on the economy; in other words, it brings about an increase in foreign investment while at the same time results in financial problem against domestic borrowers
In passing : Elle peut prendre la même signification que « By the way » ; elle signifie en fait, il faut dire au passage que…
- While we’re talking about research an development budget, I’d like to mention, in passing, that our competitors increased theirs by up to thirty per cent.
- Before we discuss an extension of the contract, I would say, in passing, that we have had some complaints from customers who have bought your products, about quality not matching price.
What is more: Par ailleurs, mieux, et ce n’est pas fini, aussi et surtout.
- Your employment with the company is terminated. What’s more, I suggest you leave at once because if not, I’ll call the police.
- As you can see, these figures show a rise in value of our investments. What’s more, there is a marked increase in return on most of these
- You need to improve your performance. What’s more, we’ll be keeping an eye on you to make sure you do.
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Business Idioms: Expressions pour arguments
Expressions du futur
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