“c'est”

The following 10 entries include the term c'est.

c'est-à-dire

French phrase

: that is to say : namely

c'est autre chose

French phrase

: that's a different thing : that's something else entirely

c'est la guerre

French phrase

: that's war : it can't be helped

c'est la vie

French phrase

: that's life : that's how things happen

c'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute

French phrase

: it's worse than a crime, it's a blunder

le style, c'est l'homme

French quotation from the Comte de Buffon

: the style is the man : you may know a man through his writing

l'état, c'est moi

French quotation attributed to Louis XIV

: the state, it is I : I myself am the nation

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

French quotation from Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr

: the more that changes, the more it's the same thing : the more things change, the more they stay the same often shortened to plus ça change

qu'est-ce que c'est?

French phrase

: what is it? : what's that?

tout comprendre c'est tout pardonner

French phrase

: to understand all is to forgive all

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