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actually ['æktʃʊəlɪ](a) (establishing a fact) vraiment;∎ I haven't actually read the book à vrai dire, je n'ai pas lu le livre;∎ what did he actually say? qu'est-ce qu'il a dit vraiment?;∎ what actually happened? que s'est-il passé au juste?;∎ what he actually means is… ce qu'il veut vraiment dire, c'est…;∎ I didn't actually see it myself en réalité, je ne l'ai pas vu de mes propres yeux;∎ the piano's just for decoration, no one actually plays it le piano fait partie du décor, en fait personne n'en joue;∎ yes, but what will the government actually do? oui, mais que va vraiment faire le gouvernement?(b) (emphatic use) vraiment;∎ did you actually say that? vous avez vraiment dit cela?;∎ you mean she actually speaks Latin! tu veux dire qu'elle parle vraiment le latin!;∎ he actually swore il est (même) allé jusqu'à lâcher un juron;∎ she actually said good morning to me à mon grand étonnement elle m'a dit bonjour;∎ he was actually on time for once pour une fois il était à l'heure(c) (contradicting or qualifying) en fait;∎ she's actually older than she looks en fait, elle est plus âgée qu'elle n'en a l'air;∎ I don't agree, actually en fait, je ne suis pas d'accord;∎ he's not a very nice person actually il n'est pas très gentil à vrai dire;∎ actually, it's a bit more complicated than that en fait, c'est un peu plus compliqué que cela;∎ actually, yes, I do mind, very much! à vrai dire, oui, ça m'ennuie beaucoup!;∎ I suppose you've never been there - I have, actually je suppose que vous n'y êtes jamais allé - si, en fait(d) (in requests, advice etc) en fait;∎ actually, you could set the table en fait, tu pourrais mettre la table
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