Time and Human Life Flashcards by Robin Piquet | Brainscape

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Un chronomètre

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A stopwatch

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Un sablier

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An hourglass

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Un minuteur

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A timer

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Le cadran

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The dial

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Les aiguilles

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The hands

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Une pile

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A battery

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Faire tic-tac

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To tick

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Une quinzaine

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A fortnight

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Un trimestre

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A quarter

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Un millénaire

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A millenium

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Un agenda

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A diary

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Un programme, des horaires (programmer)

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A schedule (to schedule)

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L’heure de pointe

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Peak hours, the rush hour

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Gagner du temps

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To save time

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Rattraper le temps perdu

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To make up for lost time

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Avoir bcp de tps

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To have plenty of time

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Le crépuscule

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Dusk, Twilight

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(Au) Lever/Coucher du soleil

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(At) Sunrise/Sunset

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Passer, s’écouler

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To elapse, to go by

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Incessant

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Ceaseless

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Immédiatement

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At once

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Un jour sur deux

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Every other day

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Rarement

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Seldom, hardly ever

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Le Siècle des Lumières

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The Age of Enlightenment

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Les années folles

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The Roaring Twenties

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L’entre-deux-guerres

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The inter-war period

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Autrefois

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Formerly

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Actuel, à jour

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Up-to-date

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Prévoir, présager

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To foresee, to foretell

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Imminent

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Impending

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Tôt ou tard

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Sooner or later

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Désormais, dorénavant

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From now on

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A long/court terme

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In the long/short rum

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Un nourrisson

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An infant

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L’âge adulte (pour un homme/une femme)

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Manhood/Womanhood

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Atteindre (la quarantaine)

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To reach/push (forty)

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Dans la force de l’âge

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In the prime of life

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Un centenaire

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A centenarian

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L’espérance de vie

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Life expectancy

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Une durée de vie

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A life span

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Une ride

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A wrinkle

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Vieillir

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To get old

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Le deuil, la perte

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Bereavement

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Les obsèques

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The funeral

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Mourir (de)

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To die (from)/to pass away

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Se suicider

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To commit suicide

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Pleurer la mort de qqn

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To mourn somebody

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Présenter ses condoléances

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Offer one’s sympathy

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Rajeunir

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To rejuvenate

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Une course contre la montre

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A race against time

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Aller comme sur des roulettes

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To go like clockwork

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C’est vieux comme le monde.

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It’s as old as the hills