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avoir besoin de
to have to
avoir le devoir de*
to have the duty of
avoir le triste devoir de*
to have the sad duty of, to regret to
devoir
must, to have to, to be supposed to
être censé faire quelque chose
to be meant/supposed to do something
être forcé à
to have to
être obligé de, se trouver obligé de
to have to, to be obliged to
être de son devoir de
to be one's duty to
falloir
to be necessary to
Il est indispensible de
It's indispensible to
Il est nécessaire de
It's necessary to
Il est obligatoire de
It's mandatory to
Il me faut
I need to
Il m'incombe de*
It falls to me to
Il revient à moi de
It falls to me to
mettre quelqu'un dans l'obligation/la nécessité de faire
to compel someone to do something
ne pas pouvoir faire autrement que de
to have no choice but to
obliger quelqu'un à
to require someone to
se voir contraint de*
to be compelled to
se voir dans l'obligation de*
to be obliged to
demander que
to ask that
exiger que
to insist that
falloir que
to be necessary that
il est obligatoire que
it's mandatory that
il est nécessaire que
it's necessary that
il est indispensable que
it's essential that
il faut que
it is necessary that
absolument
absolutely, really
au pis aller
worst-case scenario, if worst comes to worst
bon gré, mal gré
whether you like it or not
en aucun cas (with a negative statement)
no matter what happens
en tout cas
in any case, whatever happens
impérativement
imperatively, really
surtout
above all
vraiment
really