To give one's advice / Donner son avis

Expressions

• There are plenty who think ...
• There is no denying that ...
• One can hardly deny that ...
• It is often said ...
• It is common knoledge ...
• As a general rule ...
• In most cases ...
• It is customary to say that ...
• It is often claimed that ...
• It raises an important issue ...
• It sets the following question ...
• This leads us to wonder whether ...
• We must distinguish between ... and ...
• As for the question of ...
• There is a second argument which cannot be ignored, namely that ...
• a seamy side / a bright side
• on the other hand
• It would be more accurate to say that ...
• We must weigh up the pros and cons of that problem ...
• All this goes to prove/show that ...
• On the one hand ... on the other (hand) ...
• By the way / incidentally
• He draws our attention to the fact that ...
• He quotes ...
• This excerpt is entiteld: ˝...˝.
• the advantages and the drawbacks
• the raised problem
• to my mind

Aide à la compréhension

• plenty = abondance
• there is no denying that ... = c'est indéniable que ...
• to deny = nier
• customary = courant
• to claim = prétendre
• to raise = soulever
• to set = poser
• as for = quand à
• namely = à savoir
• seamy = négatif
• bright = positif
• on the other hand = d'autre part
• It would be more accurate to say that = il serait plus juste de dire que ...
• to weigh up the pros and cons = peser le pour et le contre
• to go to prove/show = tendre à montrer
• by the way / incidentally = à ce propos
• to quote = citer