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almost

French translation: presque / à peu près

19:47 Aug 27, 2000
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: almost
almost
Dan
French translation:presque / à peu près
Explanation:
c'est vrai qu'un contexte serait utile.

Bon courage tout de même,

Agnès
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Agnès Bousteau
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Summary of answers provided
naalmost
Cathy Przybylski
napresque / à peu près
Agnès Bousteau
naalmost = presque, bientôt, près de
Mary Vernet
nasee below
Nikki Scott-Despaigne


  

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2 hrs
almost


Explanation:
Sans contexte, "almost" est traduit par "presque".
Cependant un contexte serait très utile !

Cathy Przybylski
Local time: 02:56
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 123

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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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2 hrs
presque / à peu près


Explanation:
c'est vrai qu'un contexte serait utile.

Bon courage tout de même,

Agnès

Agnès Bousteau
Local time: 02:56
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 19
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5 hrs
almost = presque, bientôt, près de


Explanation:
Hachette Oxford dictionary says(implying narrow escape) for instance, he almost died = il a failli mourir; they almost
missed the train = ils ont failli rater le train.
Greatly depends on context.
Regards,
Mary



    Hachette Oxford
    Harrap's compact dictionary
Mary Vernet
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9 hrs
see below


Explanation:
If your sentence reads : "I almost missed the bus"(almost do something), then you cannot use "presque" or "à peu près". You cannot say "J'ai presque raté le bus". You must say "J'ai failli rater le bus" : faillir + infinitive.

Just a thought because without any context for guidance...

All the best,

Nikki


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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 882

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