Usage examples of "ceci dit" in French with translation to English

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J'ai oublié qui l'a dit. I forget who said it.
Nous aimerions vous remettre ceci en témoignage de notre reconnaissance. We'd like to give this to you as a token of our appreciation.
T'a-t-on dit quand tu es attendue ici ? Have you been told when you are expected to be here?
Ceci n'est pas une pipe. This is not a pipe.
Ce qu'il a dit ne compte pas. What he said counts for nothing.
Tout ceci a changé au cours du vingtième siècle. In the course of the twentieth century all this changed.
Il a dit qu'il pouvait courir 200 kilomètres en une journée et il l'a fait. He said he would run 200 kilometers in a day and he did.
Ceci est strictement entre nous. This is strictly between us.
Il a répété en public ce que j'avais dit. He repeated in public what I had said.
Ceci m'est indiffèrent. I am not concerned with this.
Il a démenti avoir dit une telle chose. He denied having said such a thing.
Il est apparu évident que ceci constitue un facteur très favorable pour notre projet, qui vise justement à créer, en coopération, un réseau de traductions dans le plus grand nombre possible de langues. It has become evident that this is a very favorable factor for our project, which aims precisely at creating a network of translations in as many languages as possible in joint work.
S'il m'avait appelé la nuit dernière, je lui aurai dit la vérité. If he had called me last night, I would have told him the truth.
On m'a demandé de vous donner ceci. I've been asked to give this to you.
Il laça la chaussure de son fils en faisant un double nœud et il dit : «Voilà, ça devrait aller comme ça.» He tied his son's shoe with a double knot and said, "There, that should do the trick."
Ceci devrait-il être compris différemment de son sens littéral ? Should this be understood in something other than the literal sense?
Mon professeur m'a dit que j'aurais dû passer davantage de temps à préparer mon exposé. My teacher told me that I should have spent more time preparing my speech.
Il doit être fou pour traiter ses parents comme ceci. He must be crazy to treat his parents like this.
Tout le monde dit qu'il est efféminé. Everybody says that he's an effeminate guy.
Ceci ne s'applique pas aux étudiants. This does not apply to students.
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