Usage examples of "ainsi soit-il" in French with translation to English

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Soit il a tort, soit c'est moi. Either he is wrong or I am.
Soit il viendra, soit il m'appellera. He will either come or call me.
Soit il est saoul, soit il est fou. He is either drunk or mad.
C'est ainsi que j'espérais que ce soit. That's what I expected it to be like.
En admettant qu'il en soit ainsi, que s'ensuit-il ? Granting that it is so, what follows?
En admettant qu'il en soit ainsi, qu'est-ce qui vient ensuite ? Granting that it is so, what follows?
Il n'est pas nécessaire qu'il en soit ainsi. It doesn't have to be like this.
Ce jour-là de 1887, parut à Varsovie, une brochure de Louis Lazare Zamenhof traitant de « Langue Internationale ». Sa taille était modeste, sa devise ambitieuse : « Pour qu'une langue soit internationale, il ne suffit pas de la nommer ainsi. » Comme nom d'auteur était indiqué : « Docteur Espéranto ». On this day in 1887 appeared in Warsaw a booklet of Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof about the "International Language". Its size was modest, its motto ambitious: "For a language to be an international one, is not enough to call it as such." The name of the author was given as "Dr. Esperanto".
Ainsi, je ne peux pas vous payer. As it is, I can not pay you.
Le candidat lâcha la bonne réponse juste avant que le temps ne soit écoulé. The contestant blurted out the right answer just before the time ran out.
Tu aurais dû ainsi faire. You should have done so.
Que penses-tu qu'elle soit maintenant en train de faire ? What do you think she is doing now?
J'aimerais bien découvrir pourquoi elle a ainsi parlé. I'd love to find out why she said so.
J'ai peur qu'il ne soit pas là avant 13 heures. I'm afraid he won't be here until 1:00.
Les êtres humains sont des créatures émotionnelles, pour ainsi dire. Human beings are emotional creatures, so to speak.
Ne trouvez-vous pas étrange qu'il ne soit pas là ? Don't you think it strange that he is not here?
La réunion était pour ainsi dire close. The meeting was all but over.
On peut avoir le dernier mot avec une femme, à la condition que ce soit oui. You can have the last word with a woman, on the condition that it is yes.
Il peut jouer du piano, de la flûte, de la guitare et ainsi de suite. He can play the piano, the flute, the guitar, and so on.
Le lac a gelé, mais je ne suis pas certain que la glace soit assez solide pour y marcher. The lake has frozen over but I'm not sure the ice is strong enough to walk on.
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