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part

part, share

noun PAR Common
Grammar & Structure Adverbs

Also means

aside, elsewhere

Usage Note

Part appears in dozens of fixed expressions: à part (apart, except), de ma part (on my behalf), nulle part (nowhere), quelque part (somewhere), and d'une part… d'autre part (on one hand… on the other hand). The final t is always silent. It is feminine (une part de gâteau = a slice of cake).

Examples

"C'est de la part de qui?"

Natural Translation

Who is it from?

Literal Translation

It is from the part of whom?

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