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d’abord que
- (archaic or regional) as soon as
- 1926, Marcel Aymé, Brûlebois, Éditions Gallimard, chap. II, 1975 ed., p. 26
Or, il advint qu’un jeudi du mois d’avril 1919, Léonard Beudot présenta aux Reboudin, déjà attablés, un front soucieux qui fut remarqué d’abord qu’il entra.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (regional) as long as, since
- 1987, Michel Tremblay, Le Vrai Monde? (play), Leméac, p. 44,
Quand a’ l’ouvre la porte pis qu’a’ sort d’la scène, a’ l’arrête d’exister pour toi pis tu t’en sacres, d’abord que t’as écrit des belles scènes!- When she opens the door and gets off the stage, she vanishes into nothing and you could care less, since/as long as you wrote some nice scenes!
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