Temps Flashcards

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Peu après

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A little while later, shortly after, soon after

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Pendant a moment/un petit moment

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For a (little) while

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Juste à temps/pile a l’heure

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Right on time

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A longueur de temps/en long et en large

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At length

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Le jour où tu réussiras

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The day when you will manage

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Trépigner d’impatience

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To itch to

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J’ai la bougeotte

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I’ve got the itch

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La date approche

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The day is coming up

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Toutes les deux minutes

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Every other minutes

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Là, dans cette situation

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When it comes to this

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En temps de crise (crises)

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In time of crisis (crises)

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De temps à autre

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From time to time

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Pendant/durant un an

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For over a year

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Deux fois Par an, par jour

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Twice A year, a day

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Tant que

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As long as + présent

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Il ne se passe pas un jour sans accident

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Not a day goes by without an accident occurring

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Dès que + conditionnel
Dès que + futur antérieur
Des que + futur

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Once + prétérit
Once + Present perfect
As soon as + présent

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Lorsque/quand + futur
Quand + conditionnel passé (aurait fait)
Quand + futur antérieur (aura fait)

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When + présent
When + Past Perfect
When + Present Perfect

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C’est la première fois

C’était la deuxième fois que

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It is the first time + present perfect

It was…+ past perfect

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A l’époque

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At the time, By then

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D’ici 2015

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By 2015

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Un jour sur deux

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Every other day

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Tous les jours

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Every day

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Plus tu attends, plus les billets seront chers

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The longer you wait, the more expensive the tickets will be

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Sur le long terme

À court terme

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In the long run

In the short run

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A ce moment

A ce moment là

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At this moment

At that moment

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Soudainement, d’un coup

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Suddenly, all of a sudden

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Cela fait deux jours que je

Cela faisait

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It has been two days since I last

It had been

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A l’heure

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On time

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Samedi

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On saturday

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Le jour de sa mort

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On the day he died

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A l’avenir

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In future

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A l’occasion

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Occasionally

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Le soir

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In the evening

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Tous les dimanches, le dimanche (en général)

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On Sundays

35
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Conditionnel journalistique:
Aurait fait (serait, aurait)
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Allegedly did
Reportedly did
Is alleged to have done
Is reported to have done

36
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Puisse-t-elle régner longtemps
Puisse-t-elle défendre nos lois
Puisse/que 2015 vous apportez…
Dieu vous bénisse

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Long may she reign
May she defend our laws
May 2015 bring you…
God bless you

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Subjonctif présent :
S’il devait prendre la voiture
Il est impératif qu’il ailles voter

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BV :
Should he take the car
It is imperative that he go to the polls

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Que ce soit vrai ou non

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Whether it be true or not

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S’il est vrai que

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If it be true that

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Loin de moi l’idée de

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Far be it from me to

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Quoiqu’il en soit

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Be that as it may

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Quoiqu’il arrive

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Come what may

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Qu’il en soit ainsi

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So be it

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Au coin de la rue

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On/at the corner

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Si nécessaire

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If need be

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Subjonctif passé = irréel passé ou présent (pas fait)
A ta place
Si/Comme si/Si seulement tu faisais/avais fait
Je regrette qu’il ne soit pas/je souhaiterais qu’il soit
Suppose/Imagine que….ta mère soit là
Il est grand temps que je l’appelle

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Prétérit 
If I were you
If/As if/If only you did
I wish he were 
Suppose that, imagine your mother were here 
It's high time I called her
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Present perfect

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Avant: since et for
Avec: always, just, ever, never, often, already…
Pour: action récente, bilan/lien passé-présent

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Préférence (présent):

  • > Je préférerai partir/qu’il parte
  • > Je préférerai qu’il ne parte pas
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Prefer to+BV ou Prefer+Pronom+To+BV

  • > I prefer to go/I Prefer him to go
  • > I Prefer him not to go
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Préférence (présent):
-> Je préférerai partir/ que tu partes
Préférence (passé):
-> J’aurai préféré que tu partes

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Would rather+BV ou Would rather+Sujet+Prétérit
-> I would rather go than/I would rather you went
Would rather+Sujet+Past perfect
-> I Would rather you had gone

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Si+Passé +Conditionnel

  • > S’il était venu, il aurait fait
  • > S’il n’était pas venu, il aurait fait
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Had+Sujet+(not)+Participe passé

  • > Had he come, he would have done
  • > Had he not come, he would have done
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Le plus souvent

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More often than not

Most of the time

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Probablement, être susceptible, il y a des chances
Être peu probable que
Avoir beaucoup de chances de
Il est plus que probable que

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To be likely to + BV
To be unlikely to + BV
To be most likely to + BV
It is more than likely that

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Avoir (beaucoup) plus de chances qu’autrui de
Avoir X fois plus de chances qu’autrui de
Un endroit des plus improbables

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To be (far) more likely to + BV
To be X times as likely to + BV
A most unlikely a place

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Deux fois plus de gens
Dix fois plus d’argent
Deux fois moins d’argent

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Twice as many people as
Ten times as much money as
Half as much money as

53
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Il est prévu que

Il était prévu que

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It is to be

It was to be

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Très attendu

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Eagerly awaited

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Précipiter une voiture du haut d’un pont

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To drive a car off a bridge

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Bien avant les autres

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Well ahead of the others

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Un précipice

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A ravine

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Passer à travers

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To smash into

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Contre toute attente

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Surprisingly, unexpectedly

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Être en réparation, en cours de réfection

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To be repaired

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La cime des arbres

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The treetops

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Des feuilles juveteuses

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Feathery leaves

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Prendre feu

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To burst into flammes

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En attendant

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In the meanwhile

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Terminer sa course dans une rivière

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To roll down into a creek

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En contrebas

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At the bottom

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Dont un, personne, tous, plusieurs, la majorité
Pour objet
Pour plusieurs objets
Dont on peut dire que

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One, none, all, several, most of whom
…of which
…of whose
Of whom/which/whose we can say that

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Des débris

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Chunks

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Il ne restait plus grand chose

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Nothing much was left

71
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Peu profond

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Shallow

72
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Des miettes calcinées

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Charred smithereens

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Remonter jusqu’à quelqu’un grâce à l’immatriculation

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To trace the licence

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Mon fils aîné

Les anciens

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My eldest son

The eldest

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Devenir fou (d'un coup)
Être fou (plus habituel)
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To go mad

To be crazy

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Fondre sur quelqu’un

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To pounce on sb

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Essayer, faire l’expérience de (pour voir ce que ça donne) dormir sur le dos
Essayer (s’efforcer)

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To try sleeping on your back

To try to + bv

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Être réticent à faire quelque chose

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To be reluctant to do sthg

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Tirer quelqu’un

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To drag sb, to pull along sb

80
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Affirmer Ne rien avoir à se reprocher

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To deny any wrongdoing

To claim to have a clear conscience

80
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Au niveau national

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Nationaly

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Le parquet fédéral

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Justice department prosecutors

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Dont je t’ai parlé

Avec laquelle, avec lequel…

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Whom I told u about

With whom

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Tu sais quoi

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You-know-what