anyway

anyway
anyway adv
1 (in any case, besides) de toute façon ; I was planning to do that anyway j'avais l'intention de le faire de toute façon ; I don't want to go, and anyway I have to wait for Debby je ne veux pas y aller, et de toute façon je dois attendre Debby ; why do you want to know, anyway? pourquoi est-ce que tu veux le savoir, de toute façon? ; who wants to work there, anyway? de toute façon, qui voudrait travailler là? ;
2 (nevertheless) quand même ; I don't really like hats, but I'll try it on anyway je n'aime pas vraiment les chapeaux, mais je vais quand même l'essayer ; thanks anyway merci quand même ;
3 (at least, at any rate) en tout cas ; we can't go out, not yet anyway nous ne pouvons pas sortir, pas pour l'instant en tout cas ; he doesn't like them, that's what he said anyway il ne les aime pas, c'est ce qu'il a dit en tout cas ; up until recently anyway, people were saying that jusqu'à récemment en tout cas, les gens disaient que ;
4 (well : as sentence adverb) anyway, we arrived at the station… bon, nous sommes arrivés à la gare… ; anyway, I'd better go now, see you later! bon, il faut que j'y aille, à plus tard!

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