Time and Human Life Flashcards

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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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5
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Les aiguilles

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The hands

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6
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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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10
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Un millénaire

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A millenium

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11
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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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14
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Gagner du temps

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To save time

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15
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Rattraper le temps perdu

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To make up for lost time

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16
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Avoir bcp de tps

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To have plenty of time

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17
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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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20
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Incessant

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Ceaseless

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Immédiatement

22
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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
The Roaring Twenties
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L’entre-deux-guerres
The inter-war period
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Autrefois
Formerly
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Actuel, à jour
Up-to-date
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Prévoir, présager
To foresee, to foretell
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Imminent
Impending
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Tôt ou tard
Sooner or later
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Désormais, dorénavant
From now on
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A long/court terme
In the long/short rum
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Un nourrisson
An infant
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L’âge adulte (pour un homme/une femme)
Manhood/Womanhood
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Atteindre (la quarantaine)
To reach/push (forty)
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Dans la force de l’âge
In the prime of life
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Un centenaire
A centenarian
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L’espérance de vie
Life expectancy
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Une durée de vie
A life span
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Une ride
A wrinkle
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Vieillir
To get old
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Le deuil, la perte
Bereavement
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Les obsèques
The funeral
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Mourir (de)
To die (from)/to pass away
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Se suicider
To commit suicide
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Pleurer la mort de qqn
To mourn somebody
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Présenter ses condoléances
Offer one’s sympathy
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Rajeunir
To rejuvenate
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Une course contre la montre
A race against time
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Aller comme sur des roulettes
To go like clockwork
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C’est vieux comme le monde.
It’s as old as the hills