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L'heure et l'histoire Flashcards

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Encore et encore

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Again and again

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Sans arrêt

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Endlessly

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En boucle

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Over and over again

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Pénombre f

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Twilight

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Cadence f

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Rhythm/pace

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Horloge (analogique/numerique) f

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Clock

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Format 24 heures m

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24 hour clock

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Contre la montre

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Against the clock

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Réveil m

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Alarm clock

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24 heures sur 24

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24/7

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Horloge biologique f

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Biological clock

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Cadran (de montre) m

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Clock face

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Tour horloge f

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Clock tower

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Remonter le temps

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Turn back the clock

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Montre f

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Watch

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Chronométrer

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To time something

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Cela fait longtemps que j’ai fait

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It’s been a long time since I

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Il y a longtemps

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A long time ago

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Une question du temps

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A matter of time

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En avance sur son temps

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Ahead of its time

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En avance

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Ahead of time

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Chaque chose en son temps

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All in good time

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Tout son temps

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All the time in the world

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N’importe quand

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Whenever

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À tout moment

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Any second now/at any given moment

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Avec le temps

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As time goes by

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À cette époque

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At the time

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Heure du bain f

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Bathtime

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Heure d’arrivée prevue f

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ETA

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À chaque fois

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Every time

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Trouver le temps pour/de faire

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Find time for/to

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Pour l’instant

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For the time being

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Temps libre m

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Free time

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De temps à autre

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From time to time

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Mi-temps f

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Half time (sports)

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Moisson f

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Harvest time

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Avoir le temps de faire

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Have time to

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Avoir du temps à perdre/tuer

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To have time to kill

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En un rien du temps

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In no time at all

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Juste à temps

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In the nick of time

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À l’heure/à temps (pour qqch)

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On/in time

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Il est grand temps que + subj

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It’s about time that

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Enfin !

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It’s about time!

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Durée f

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Length of time

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Ca fait un bail/une éternité

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Long time no see!

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Plupart du temps f

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Most of the time

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Au jour le jour

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One day at a time

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48
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Seul l’avenir le dira

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Only time will tell

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Passer le temps

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Pass the time

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Temps de réaction m

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Reaction time

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En temps réel

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Real time

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52
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Manquer de temps

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Run out of time

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53
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Passer du temps à

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Spend time doing

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54
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Donner l’heure à qqn

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Tell the time

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55
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Encore et toujours

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Time after time

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Capsule témoin f

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Time capsule

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Temps mort m

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Time out

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58
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C’est l’heure

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Time’s up!

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Fuseau horaire m

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Time zone

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Chronologie f

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Timeline

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Gagner du temps

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To save time

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Quelle heure est-il ?

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What time is it?

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Sonner

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Sens (anti)horaire m

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(Anti)clockwise

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Dans le sens des aiguilles d’une montre

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Aiguille f

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Clock hands

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Appuyer sur snooze

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To hit snooze

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Cadran solaire m

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Carillon m

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Chiming clock

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Chronomètre m

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Stopwatch, timer

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Compte à rebours m

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Calendrier m

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Calendrier de l’Avent m

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Advent calendar

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Dégager du temps

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To make time for something

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Et quart

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Quarter past

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Moins le quart

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Quarter to

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Et demie

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Il est une heure

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It is one o’clock (always say heure!)

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Il est deux heures

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It is two o’clock (always say heure!)

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Il est cinq heures dix

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It is ten past five

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Est-ce que vous avez l’heure, s’il vous plaît ?

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Do you have the time, please?

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À quelle heure est…?

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What time is…?

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Seconde f

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Minute f

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Décennie f

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Siècle m

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Millénaire m

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Lever de soleil m

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Aube f

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Entre chien et loup

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Crépuscule m

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Coucher de soleil m

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Avant-hier

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The day before yesterday

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Après-demain

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The day after tomorrow

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Veille de qqch f

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The eve of

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Lendemain

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The day after

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Printemps m

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Automne m

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Tout à l’heure

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In a little while

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D’ici une semaine

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Within a week

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Actuellement

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Auparavant

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Previously, beforehand

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Bientôt

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Récemment

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Tout à coup

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All of a sudden

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Quotidien

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Tous les deux jours

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Every other day

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Hebdomadaire

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Mensuel

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Annuel

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Encore une fois

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One more time

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Parfois

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Quelquefois

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Rarement

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Il y a un peu de temps

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A little while ago

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Au même temps que

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At the same time as

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Je fais qqch depuis…

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I have been doing something for…

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Depuis + event or point in time

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Indicates a start time (depuis mon arrivée, je suis malade/il ne fume pas depuis un an)

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Il y a

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Only to be used with completed, past occurrences! (Il y a une semaine je t’ai vu)

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Il y a…que/Ça fait…que/Voilà…que inf

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Informal equivalent to depuis (il y a 5 ans que j’ai habité ici)

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Assiduité f

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Attendance

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Bissextile

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Leap (year)

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Éphémère

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Short-lived

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Lève-tot m/f

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Early bird

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Filer

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To fly by (tine)

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Jour J m

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D-Day (figurative)

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Autrefois

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In the past, once upon a time

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Éphéméride m

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Tear-off calendar

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Le choc pétrolier

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1973 Oil Crisis

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La révolution étudiante

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Student Revolution 1968

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La guerre du Golfe

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Gulf War 1990

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L’effondrement des Twin Towers m

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Le passage à l’an 2000

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Millennium celebrations

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Moyen Âge m

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Middle Ages

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Sacre m

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Coronation

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Bimestriel

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Every two months

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Trimestriel

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Every three months

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Semestriel

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Every six months

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Calèche f

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Horse-drawn carriage

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À (tout) jamais

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Forever (formal)

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X heure pile

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Sharp, on the dot

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Doser ses efforts

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To pace yourself

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Creux m

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Quiet moment

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Calvaire m

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Calvary or figurative: ordeal

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Printanier/ière

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Spring (adjective)

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Estival(e)

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Summer (adjective)

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Hivernal(e)

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Winter (adjective)

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Automnal(e)

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Quinquennat m

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Five years (presidential term)

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Grandeur et décadence f

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Rise and fall

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Ferrailler

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To get into a sword fight

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Glacis m

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Buffer, buffer zone

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Féodal(e)

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Momie f

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Mummy (Ancient Egypt)

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