indeed

indeed
indeed [ɪnˈdi:d]
adverb
   a. (indicating confirmation, agreement) en effet
• he promised to help and indeed he helped us a lot il a promis de nous aider et effectivement il nous a beaucoup aidés
• I am indeed quite tired je suis en effet assez fatigué
• did you know him? -- I did indeed vous le connaissiez ? -- oui, tout à fait
• are you coming? -- indeed I am! vous venez ? -- bien sûr !
   b. (introducing further information) d'ailleurs
• I don't know what she said, indeed I don't want to know je ne sais pas ce qu'elle a dit, d'ailleurs je ne veux pas le savoir
• he was happy, indeed delighted, to hear the news il était content, et même ravi, d'entendre la nouvelle
   c. (as intensifier) vraiment
• that's praise indeed coming from him venant de lui, c'est vraiment un compliment
• I am very grateful/pleased indeed je suis vraiment reconnaissant/très content
• thank you very much indeed je vous remercie infiniment
   d. (showing interest, irony, surprise) indeed? vraiment ?
• did you indeed! vraiment ?
• who is that man? -- who is he indeed? qui est-ce ? -- bonne question !
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[ɪn'diːd]
adverb
1) (certainly) en effet, effectivement

‘it's unfair’ - ‘indeed!’ — ‘c'est injuste’ - ‘en effet!’

‘indeed I am!’ — ‘bien sûr que oui!’

‘indeed you can’ ou ‘you can indeed’ — ‘bien sûr que oui’

‘he's not coming, is he?’ - ‘indeed he is!’ — ‘lui, il ne vient pas?’ - ‘bien sûr que si!’

2) (in fact) en fait

she is polite, indeed charming — elle est polie et même charmante

if indeed that is what consumers want — si c'est vraiment ce que veulent les consommateurs

3) (for emphasis) vraiment

that was praise indeed — c'était vraiment un compliment

thank you very much indeed — merci mille fois

4) iron (expressing surprise)

‘does he indeed?’ — ‘ah bon?’, ‘vraiment?’

a bargain indeed! — tu parles d'une affaire!

‘why did she do it?’ - ‘why indeed?’ — ‘pourquoi est-ce qu'elle l'a fait?’ - ‘ça c'est une bonne question’


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