Time Flashcards

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1
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l’heure d’été (en GB)

A

British Summer Time

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2
Q

avancer, retarder les horloges d’une heure

A

to put the clocks forward, back one hour

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3
Q

un meridien

A

a meridian

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4
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un fuseau horaire

A

a time zone

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5
Q

vous avez qUELLE HEURE?

A

what time do you make it?

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6
Q

il est un peu plus de trois heures

A

it’s just after three

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7
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Ca fait trois heures passées

A

It’s gone three

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8
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sonner dix heures

A

to strike ten

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9
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sur le coup de minuit

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at the stroke of midnight

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10
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au petit matin

A

in the small hours

in the wee hours

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11
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par une belle matinée de printemps

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on a fine spring morning

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12
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le jour se léve

A

dawn is breaking

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13
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le crépuscule

A

dusk

twilight

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14
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la saison des pluies

A

the wet season

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15
Q

printanier

A

springlike

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16
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en plein été

A

in the height of summer

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17
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estival

A

summer

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18
Q

en plein hiver

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midwinter

19
Q

un jour ouvrable

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a working day

20
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une quinzaine de jour

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a fortnight

21
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un trimestre ( en general )

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a quarter

22
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une année civile

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a calendar year

23
Q

une année bisextile

A

a leap year

24
Q

durer une heure

A

to go on for an hour

25
Q

la durée de vie ( de vie d’une pile , ampoule )

A

life

26
Q

des mois durant

A

for months on end

27
Q

au cours de , durant

A

during , in the course of

28
Q

en un rien de temps

A

in no time

29
Q

24 heures sur 24

A

round the clock

30
Q

depuis le debut

A

since the beginning
from the beginning
all along

31
Q

depuis quelque temps

A

for some time

32
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jusqu’en

A

until

up to

33
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jusqu’a present

A

up to now

34
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jusqu’alors

A

until then

up till then

35
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desormais

A

from now on

Henceforth

36
Q

une courte periode

A

a short spell

37
Q

de courte durée

A

short-lived

38
Q

passager , éphémére

A

transient

39
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écourter

A

to shorten

to curtail

40
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longuement

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lengthily

41
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prolonger

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to prolong

42
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incessant

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ceaseless

43
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durable

A

lasting

enduring

44
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un quart d’heure

A

a quarter of an hour