ce dont nous avons besoin

what we need

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what we need Used to refer to the thing or things that we need. Literally, “that of which we have need.”

FR: Voici ce dont nous avons besoin pour commencer.

EN: Here is what we need to get started.

That's precisely what we need.

We have much more food than we need.

This is exactly what we need.

What we need is leverage.

That's all we need.

All we need is water.

I think we bought everything we need.

Is that all we need?

What we need is a new morality.

— La Bande à Baader (2008)

Is that all we need?

Here is a list of what we need.

Three times more than we need.

— Le Salaire de la peur (1953)

This is what we need.

We have everything we need.

What we need now is a break.

I don't think technology gives us everything we need.