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alors

so

adverb ah-LOR Common
Communication Speech

Also means

then

Usage Note

Alors is the great French pivot word — it opens sentences, draws conclusions, and means 'back then' in phrases about the past. It anchors the challenge et alors ? (so what?) and the concessive alors que, which sets up a contrast much like 'whereas'.

Examples

"Alors, qu'est-ce qu'on fait ?"

Natural Translation

So what do we do?

Literal Translation

Then what-is-it that-one does

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