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toujours [tuʒuʀ]adverba. ( = tout le temps) always• il est toujours à or en train de critiquer (inf) he's always criticizingb. ( = encore) still• est-ce que Louise est rentrée ? -- non elle est toujours à Paris/non toujours pas is Louise back? -- no, she's still in Paris/no not yetc. (intensif) anyway• écrivez toujours, il vous répondra peut-être write anyway - he might answer you• il vient toujours un moment où... there must come a time when...• vous pouvez toujours crier, il n'y a personne shout as much as you like - there's no-one about• il était peut-être là, toujours est-il que je ne l'ai pas vu he may well have been around, but the fact remains that I didn't see him* * *tuʒuʀ1) (exprimant la continuité, la répétition) alwaysde toujours — [ami] very old; [amitié] long-standing
2) ( encore) still3) ( de toute façon) anywayc'est toujours ça de pris or de gagné — that's something at least
* * *tuʒuʀ adv1) (= tout le temps) alwaysIl est toujours très gentil. — He's always very nice.
2) (= encore) stillQuand nous sommes revenus, il était toujours là. — When we got back he was still there.
* * *toujours adv1 ( exprimant la continuité) always; cela a toujours existé et existera toujours it always has existed and it always will; je t'aimerai toujours I'll always love you; ce n'est pas toujours vrai that is not always true; comme toujours as always; vouloir toujours plus always to want more; pour toujours forever; ils se connaissent depuis toujours they've known each other all their lives; j'en rêve depuis toujours I've always dreamed about it; de toujours [ami] very old; [amitié] long-standing; toujours plus vite faster and faster; toujours plus grand bigger and bigger; des frais toujours plus importants ever-increasing costs;2 ( exprimant la répétition) always; il est toujours en retard he is always late; c'est toujours pareil it's always the same; ce n'est pas toujours évident it's not always obvious; toujours prêt à aider/critiquer always ready to help/criticize; vous serez toujours le bienvenu you're always welcome;3 ( encore) still; il est toujours couché? is he still in bed?; il n'est toujours pas levé? is he still not up?; c'est toujours aussi difficile it's still just as hard;4 ( de toute façon) anyway; viens toujours come anyway; on peut toujours essayer we can always try; cela peut toujours servir it might come in handy; c'est toujours mieux que rien it's still better than nothing; c'est toujours ça de pris or de gagné that's something at least; toujours est-il que the fact remains that.[tuʒur] adverbe1. [exprimant la continuité dans le temps] alwaysje l'ai toujours dit/cru I've always said/thought soil est toujours à se plaindre he's always ou he never stops complainingSophie, toujours plus belle Sophie, ever more beautifultoujours plus haut, toujours plus vite, toujours plus loin ever higher, ever faster, ever farther2. [marquant la fréquence, la répétition] alwaysles erreurs ne sont pas toujours où on les attend mistakes sometimes occur where we least expect themtu as toujours raison, enfin presque toujours you're always right, well, nearly always!3. [encore] stillelle n'a toujours pas téléphoné she hasn't phoned yet, she still hasn't phoned4. [dans des emplois expressifs]tu peux toujours essayer you can always try, you might as well tryprends-le, tu peux toujours en avoir besoin take it, you may ou might need it (some day)c'est toujours mieux que rien still, it's better than nothingon trouvera toujours un moyen we're sure ou bound to find a waytu peux toujours pleurer, je ne céderai pas (you can) cry as much as you like, I won't give intu lui fais confiance? — pas dans le travail, toujours! do you trust him? — not when it comes to work, anyway!————————comme toujours locution adverbialeil a été charmant, comme toujours he was charming as always————————de toujours locution adjectivaleelle se retrouvait face à son public de toujours she found herself before her faithful audience of old————————pour toujours locution adverbialetu me le donnes pour toujours? can I keep it forever ou for good?toujours est-il que locution conjonctivej'ignore pourquoi elle a refusé, toujours est-il que le projet tombe à l'eau I don't know why she refused, but the fact remains that the plan has had to be abandoned
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