Vocabulary
être
serait: conditional, he, she, itto be; to be located; to be situated; to denote time, day, or date; used to form compound tenses and structures, such as the perfect and pluperfect; certain intransitive verbs that indicate movement or a change of state (see the full list); all reflexive verbs; the passive voice
Verb
ne fût-ce que
synonym of ne serait-ce que (“not least because”)
Phrase