T8 - Unit 123 : Measuring Time Flashcards

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1
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Tools for measuring time

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Instruments pour mesurer le temps

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To tell * the time

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Donner l’heure

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To time

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Chronométrer

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A timmer

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Un minuteur

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A watch

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Une montre

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A stopwatch

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Un chronomètre

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A watchmaker

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Un horloger

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A clock

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Une pendule / horloge

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A time clock

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Une pointeuse

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An hourglass

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Un sablier

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A dial / face

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Un cadran

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A sundial

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Un cadran solaire

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The hands (of a clock)

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Les aiguilles (d’une horloge)

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To wind up

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Remonter

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The winder

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Le remontoir

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A spring

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Un ressort

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A cog (wheel)

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Un rouage

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18
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A digital watch

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Une montre digitale

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19
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A battery

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Une pile

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20
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The pendulum (of a clock)

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Le balancier

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21
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The chime (of a clock)

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le carillon

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To chime

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Sonner / carillonner

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23
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An alarm clock

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Un réveil

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24
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To be * fast

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Avancer

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25
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To be * slow

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Retarder

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26
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To ring

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Sonner (réveil)

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27
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To work

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Fonctionner

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To be * accurate

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Etre précis / exact

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29
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To be * reliable

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Etre fiable

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30
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To tick away

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Faire tic-tac

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31
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Measuring time

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Mesurer le temps

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32
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A second

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Une seconde

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33
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A minute

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Une minute

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34
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An hour

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Une heure

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35
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A quarter of an hour

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Un quart d’heure

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36
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Half an hour

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Une demi-heure

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37
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Ann hour and a half

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Une heure et demie

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38
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A day

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Un jour

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39
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A weekday

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Un jour de la semaine

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40
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A week

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Une semaine

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41
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At the weekend

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Le week-end

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42
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A fortnight

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Une quinzaine

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43
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A month

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Un mois

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44
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A quarter

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Un trimestre

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45
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A semester

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Un semestre

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A year

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Une année

47
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Yearly - annually

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Annuellement

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A leap year

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Une année bissextile

49
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A calendar year

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Une année civile

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A school year

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Une année scolaire

51
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A school term

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Un trimestre scolaire

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A decade

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Une décennie

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A spell

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Une période

54
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To begin / to end

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Commencer / s’achever

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A century

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Un siècle

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A millenium

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Un millénaire

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An era

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Une ère

58
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An age

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Une époque

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A time zone

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Le fuseau horaire

60
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Local time

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L’heure locale

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A season

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Une saison

62
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Seasonal

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Saisonnier

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The high / peak season

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La haute saison

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The low / off season

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La basse saison

65
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Winter

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L’hiver

66
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Wintry

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Hivernal

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Spring

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Le printemps

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Springlike

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printanier

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Summer

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L’été

70
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Summerly

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Estival

71
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Autumn

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L’automne

72
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Autumnal

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Automnal

73
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Seasonable weather

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Un temps de saison

74
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Day an night

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Le jour et la nuit

75
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(at) dawn

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A l’aube

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(at) daybreak

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A l’aurore

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(at) Sunrise

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le/au lever du soleil

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(in) the morning

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le matin

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(in) the small /early hours

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le/au petit matin

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Midmorning

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Le milieu de la matinée

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(at) noon / midday

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(à) Midi

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(in) the afternoon

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l’après-midi

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(in) the evening

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le soir

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(at) dusk / twilight

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le/au crépuscule

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(at) Sunset

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le/au coucher du soleil

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(at) night

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La nuit

87
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Tonight

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Ce soir

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(at) midnight

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A minuit

89
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at 9 a.m (ante meridiem)

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à 9heures du matin

90
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at 6 p.m (post meridiem)

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à 6heures du soir

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by day / by night

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De jour / de nuit

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A working day

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Un jour ouvré

93
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Night work

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Le travail de nuit

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Organizing time

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La gestion du temps

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A diary

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Un agenda

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A personal organizer

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Un organisateur

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An eletronic organizer

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Un agenda électronique

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A timetable

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Un emploi du temps

99
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A slot / a window

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Un créneau (horaire)

100
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A Schedule

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Un programme / des horaires

101
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To schedule

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Programmer

102
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To plan / to programme

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Programmer

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An deadline

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date / heure limite

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Peak hours / the rush hour

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L’heure de pointe

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Off-peak hours

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Les heureus creuses

106
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To be pressed for time

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Etre pressé par le temps

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To have plenty of time

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Avoir beaucoup de temps

108
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To same time

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Gagner du temps

109
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To waste time

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Perdre du temps

110
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Time-saving

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Qui gagne du temps

111
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Time-wasting

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Qui fait perdre du temps

112
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Downtime

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Le temps perdu