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thisUsage note : this (pl these)
A det this paper is too thin ce papier est trop mince ; this man is dangerous cet homme est dangereux ; this lamp doesn't work cette lampe ne marche pas ; all these books belong to Josephine tous ces livres appartiennent à Josephine ; do it this way not that way fais-le comme ça et pas comme ça ; this woman came up to me une femme est venue vers moi .
B pron what's this? qu'est-ce que c'est? ; who's this? gen qui est-ce?, c'est qui? ; (on telephone) qui est à l'appareil? ; whose is this? à qui appartient ceci?, ceci est à qui? ; this is the dining room voici la salle à manger ; where's this? (on photo) c'est où? ; after this we'll have lunch après ceci nous allons déjeuner ; perhaps he'll be more careful after this peut-être qu'il fera plus attention maintenant ; before this he'd never been out of France avant cela il n'était jamais sorti de France ; you should have told me before this tu aurais dû me le dire avant ; this is my sister Pauline (introduction) voici ma sœur Pauline ; (on photo) c'est ma sœur, Pauline ; this is the book I was talking about c'est or voici le livre dont je parlais ; this is not the right one ce n'est pas le bon ; what did you mean by this? qu'est-ce que tu voulais dire par là? ; this was not what she had intended ce n'était pas ce qu'elle avait prévu ; who did this? qui a fait ça? ; we'll need more than this il nous en faudra plus (que ça) ; it happened like this ça s'est passé comme ça ; what's all this about? qu'est-ce que c'est que cette histoire? ; what's all this about Frank resigning? qu'est-ce que c'est que cette histoire, il paraît que Frank démissionne ; at this he got up and left en entendant cela il s'est levé et il est parti ; hold it like this tiens-le comme ça ; I never thought it would come to this je ne pensais pas qu'on en arriverait là ; this is what happens when you press the red button voilà ce qui se passe quand on appuie sur le bouton rouge ; this is what happens when you disobey your parents! voilà ce qui arrive quand on désobéit à ses parents!
C adv it's this big c'est grand comme ça ; when she was only this high quand elle était haute comme ça ; having got this far it would be a pity to stop now lit, fig maintenant qu'on est arrivé jusque-là ce serait dommage de s'arrêter ; I can't eat this much je ne peux pas manger tout ça ; I didn't realize it was this serious/difficult je ne m'étais pas rendu compte que c'était sérieux/difficile à ce point-là ; ⇒ much.
Idioms
we talked about this, that and the other on a parlé de choses et d'autres ; we sat around talking about this and that nous avons parlé de tout et de rien ; ‘what have you been up to?’-‘oh, this and that’ ‘qu'est-ce que tu as fait?’-‘pas grand-chose’ ; to run this way and that courir dans tous les sens.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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