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Forms: possible, possibles. - That's not **possible**. Ce n'est pas **possible**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#954332](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/954332) [\#1108644](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1108644)) - “But it is **possible**.” --Oui, c'est **possible**. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1900) - But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are **possible** with God.” Jésus répondit: Ce qui est impossible aux hommes est **possible** à Dieu. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 18:27) - A better service could have been **possible**, though. Un meilleur service aurait, néanmoins, été **possible**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1405045) - **Possible** types of vehicles. Types de véhicules **possibles**. ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2198603) ## aussi Used about 3 970 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 3 199 · legal and administrative ≈ 759). - I ran as fast as **possible**. J'ai couru **aussi** vite que j'ai pu. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and nimfeo · checked, community translation · [\#252189](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/252189) [\#13981](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13981)) - Hence coordination of the fight against fraud - as understood by UCLAF - must always be placed on the best **possible** footing. C'est pourquoi la coordination de la lutte contre les fraudes, telle qu'elle est engagée par l'UCLAF, doit **aussi** se dérouler dans les conditions les plus favorables. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1893666) - They also provided their observations regarding the **possible** application of Article 18 of the basic Regulation in writing. Ils ont demandé, avec succès, à être entendus et ont **aussi** transmis par écrit leurs observations sur l’application éventuelle de l’article 18 du règlement de base. ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2922663) - We do not doubt that the European Parliament attaches every bit as much importance as does the Council to this deficit being made good as soon as **possible**. Nous ne doutons pas que le Parlement européen soit tout **aussi** désireux que le Conseil de combler ce déficit dans les plus brefs délais. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 815976) - In such a complex region, where peoples are inextricably entangled over restricted territories, how is it **possible** to choose between these demands of the law? Dans une région **aussi** complexe, où l'enchevètrement des peuples sur des territoires restreints est absolu, comment trancher entre ces deux exigences du droit? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1676079) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Is it **possible** to live without a lover? Est-ce que l'on peut vivre sans amant ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#12888508](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12888508) [\#12888522](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12888522)) - I must complete it as soon as **possible**. Je dois le terminer au plus vite. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#3178642](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3178642) [\#11293572](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11293572)) - The letter Tom received said that he should return home as soon as **possible**. La lettre que Tom reçut disait qu'il devait rentrer au plus tôt à la maison. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#1978351](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1978351) [\#1998636](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1998636)) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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