indeed

indeed
indeed adv
1 (certainly) en effet, effectivement ; it is indeed likely that il est en effet or effectivement probable que ; there had indeed been a plot il y avait effectivement eu un complot ; ‘it's unfair’-‘indeed!’ ‘c'est injuste’-‘en effet!’ ; ‘are you interested?’-‘indeed I am!’ ou ‘yes indeed!’ ‘ça t'intéresse?’-‘bien sûr que oui!’ ; ‘can you see it from there?’-‘indeed you can’ ou ‘you can indeed’ ‘est-ce qu'on peut le voir de là?’-‘bien sûr que oui’ ; ‘he's not coming, is he?’-‘indeed he is!’ ‘lui, il ne vient pas?’-‘bien sûr que si!’ ; ‘did she really leave him?’-‘she did indeed!’ ‘est-ce qu'elle l'a vraiment laissé tomber?’-‘oui!’ ;
2 (in fact) en fait ; it won't harm them-indeed it might be to their advantage cela ne leur nuira pas-en fait cela peut tourner à leur avantage ; he was a colleague, indeed a friend c'était un collègue et en fait or et même un ami ; she is polite, indeed charming elle est polie et même charmante ; I feel, indeed I am convinced, that je pense, je suis même convaincu que ; if indeed that is what consumers want si c'est vraiment ce que veulent les consommateurs ;
3 (for emphasis) vraiment ; very clever/traditional indeed vraiment très intelligent/traditionnel ; it was very hot indeed il faisait vraiment très chaud ; I was very sad indeed to hear j'ai été vraiment attristé d'apprendre ; that's very good news indeed ce sont vraiment de bonnes nouvelles ; to know very little indeed about sth savoir vraiment très peu sur qch ; that was praise indeed coming from him! venant de lui c'était vraiment un compliment! ; we are very grateful indeed for… nous sommes profondément reconnaissants de… ; thank you very much indeed merci mille fois ;
4 iron (expressing surprise, disbelief) ‘he knows you’-‘does he indeed?’ ‘il te connaît’-‘ah bon?’, ‘vraiment?’ ; a bargain indeed! it's a rip-off ○ ! tu parles d'une affaire! c'est de l'arnaque ◑ ! ; ‘why did she do it?’-‘why indeed?’ ‘pourquoi est-ce qu'elle l'a fait?’-‘ça je me le demande’, ‘ça c'est une bonne question’.

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