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pourquoi in English:

1. wherefore


JULIET: O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?

English word "pourquoi"(wherefore) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Sweet Hours" (Carmen Sylva)
Fiches du livre - "Alcibiades II" (An Imitator of ...
Fiches du livre - "A Little Book of Bores" (Oliver...
Fiches du livre - "Rescue the Perishing" (Fred R. ...
Fiches du livre - "Democritus Platonissans" (Henry...

2. why


It would take me too much time to explain to you why it's not going to work.
If you're tired, why don't you go to sleep? "Because if I go to sleep now I will wake up too early."
Why?
If you need some money, why don't you borrow some from your mother?
We learned why the French Revolution broke out.
Why is politics separating us, when we ourselves know who is good and who isn't?
If you don't mind my asking, why did you go out yesterday?
Why have the apes evolved more than other animals?
Instead of going back to the party, why don't we go to my place?
Nobody understood why the elephant suddenly turned on its owner.
Why do Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving?
Tom got to work later than usual this morning. I wonder why.
He stayed awake all night wondering why the deal went wrong.
They asked me what my name was, where I came from, and why I had come.
How about playing catch? "Sure, why not?"

English word "pourquoi"(why) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "The Devil" (Ferenc Molnar)
Fiches du livre - "Mr. Punch At Home" (Various)
Fiches du livre - "The Book of Jade" (Judith Gautier)
Fiches du livre - "A Bachelor Husband" (Ruby M. Ay...
Fiches du livre - "The Grip of Desire" (Hector Fra...