Usages of sauf
Toutes les filles sont arrivées pour le départ, sauf toi.
All the girls arrived for the departure, except you.
Elles sont toutes allées rejoindre le guide, sauf ma grand-mère.
They all went to join the guide, except my grandmother.
En explorant, je ne vois rien sauf cette cabane.
While exploring, I see nothing except this cabin.
Personne n'habite ici, sauf un corbeau qui regarde.
Nobody lives here, except a raven that watches.
Tout est silencieux, sauf les planches qui grincent dans le vent.
Everything is silent, except the boards that creak in the wind.
C'est un endroit effrayant, et il est vide sauf nous.
It is a frightening place, and it is empty except for us.
En effet, sauf le guide, nous étions tous déshydratés.
Indeed, except for the guide, we were all dehydrated.
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