Usage examples of "Autrement" in French with translation to English

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Translations: all19 otherwise11 differently1 other1 other translations6
Carole a refusé. Autrement dit, sa réponse a été "non". Carol refused; in other words her answer was "no."
Je ne peux pas faire autrement que lui obéir. I cannot do otherwise than obey him.
Une baleine est un mammifère ; autrement dit, elle allaite ses petits. A whale is a mammal; in other words it feeds milk to its young.
L'argent et moi, ça fait deux ; autrement dit, je suis pauvre. Money and I are strangers; in other words, I am poor.
Comment peut-il agir autrement ? How else can he act?
Je ne sais pas comment le formuler autrement. I don't know how else to put it.
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