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A while

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Un moment

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Dawn, daybreak

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Le lever du jour

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Dusk

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Le crépuscule

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The tide

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La marée

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A weekday

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Un jour de semaine

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A fortnight

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Une quinzaine, deux semaines

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A quarter, a term

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Trimestre

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A decade

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Une décennie

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A stage

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Une étape

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A dial

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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

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Les aiguilles

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A time-bomb

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Une bombe à retardement

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A recollection

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Un souvenir

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Oblivion

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L’oublier

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A landmark

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Un repère

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A reminder

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Un pense bête

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A pastime

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Un passe temps

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A delay

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Un retard

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A prospect, an Outlook

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Une perspective

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A forecast

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Une prévision

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Fate

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Le destin, le sort

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Doom

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Le destin (funeste)

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Antediluvian

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Antédiluvien

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Primeval

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Préhistorique

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Antiquated

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Désuet, suranné

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Quaint

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Vieillot, cocasse

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Outdated

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Périmé

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Obsolete

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Dépassé

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Former

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Précédent

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Current(ly)

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Actuel(lement)

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Fleeting

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Fugace, éphémère

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Well-timed

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Opportun

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New-flangled

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Moderne, nouveau (sens péjoratif)

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Impending

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Imminent

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Prospective

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En prospective, futur

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(Forth)comming

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À venir

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Approaching

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Approchant

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Subsequent

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Ultérieure

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Ultimate

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Ultime

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Short-lived

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Sans lendemain

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Sudden

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Soudain

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Delayed

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Retardé

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Overdue

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En retard / en souffrance

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Belated

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Tardif

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Remote

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Lointain

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Lasting

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Durable

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Everlasting

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Éternel

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Timeless

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Intemporel

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To found

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Fonder

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To end

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Mettre fin à, se terminer

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To bear in mind

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Ne pas oublier

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To recollect, to recall

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Se souvenir de

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To look back

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Regarder vers le passé

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To reminisce (about)

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Évoquer des souvenirs (de)

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To forecast

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Prévoir

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To date back to

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Remonter à

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To long for

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Souhaiter vivement

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To look forward to

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Attendre avec impatience

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To look ahead

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Penser à l’avenir

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To draw near

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Approcher (date)

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To spend time

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Passer du temps

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To pass, to elapse

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Passer, s’écouler

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To go by

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Passer

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To drag on

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Traîner en longueur

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To gain, to save time

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Gagner du temps

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To last

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Durer

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To outlast

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Durer plus longtemps que

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To outlive

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Vivre plus longtemps que, survivre à

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To bequeath

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Léguer

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To delay

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Retarder

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To postpone, to put off

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Remettre à plus tard

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To hasten

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Se hâter

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To tick

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Faire tic tac

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To strike

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Sonner (horloge)

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To chime

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Carillonner

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To wind up

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Remonter

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Once

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Jadis, une fois

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Twice, three times

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Fois

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Hourly

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Toutes les heures

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Every single day

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Tous les jours sans exception

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Twice a day

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Deux fois par jour

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Every other day

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Tous les deux jours

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Every three weeks

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Toutes les 3 semaines

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Yearly

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Annuellement

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Hardly ever

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Presque jamais

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Seldom, rarely

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Rarement

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Once in a while

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Une fois en passant

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On and off

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Par intermittence

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Infrequently

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Peu fréquemment

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From time to time / now and again

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Par moments

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Often

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Souvent

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As usual

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Comme d’habitude

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Usualy

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Habituellement

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as a rule, generally

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En général

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Most often

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Le plus souvent

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Almost always

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Presque toujours

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Relentless(ly)

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Implacable (sans relâche)

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At last

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Enfin

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Long ago

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Il y a longtemps

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Ages ago

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Il y a une éternité

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From time immemorial

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De toute éternité

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In past times, in Times past

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Autrefois

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Give or take 19 years

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A 10 ans près

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In those days

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A cette époque

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In the old days

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Au temps jadis

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In the days of

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A l’époque de

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At one time

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A une certaine époque

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Formerly

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Dans le temps, jadis

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This day last year

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Il y a aujourd’hui un an

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A fortnight ago

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Il y a quinze jours

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The week Before last

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Pas la semaine, celle d’avant

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For some time patient

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Depuis quelque temps

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A while ago

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Il y a qques temps

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Up to now, si far

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Jusqu’à maintenant

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From now on, henceforth

In future

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Dorénavant

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In this day and age

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A l’époque où nous vivons

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At the moment

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En ce moment

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For the time bein

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Pour l’instant

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In the meantime

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En attendant

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Meanwhile

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Pendant ce temps

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Straightaway

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Immédiatement

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There and then

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Sur le champ

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Presently

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Tout de suite, immédiatement

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In a short while

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Dans un petit moment

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Overnight

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Du jour au lendemain

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Thursday week

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Jeudi en huit

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On three days time

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Dans trois jours

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Within a week

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Dans la semaine qui vient

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By the week-end

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D’ici au week-end

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Dans les plus brefs délais

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In the shortest possible time

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In the short run

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A court terme

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Later on

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Plus tard

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Afterwards

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Après, ensuite

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In the near future

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Dans un futur proche

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Dans les années à venir

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In years to come

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In the remote future

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Dans un avenir lointain