Time And Idioms Flashcards

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To do sth on time

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Faire qqc à l’heure

(punctually, not late)

To be on time. Être à l’heure
Être ponctuel

To finish on time

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To make good time

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[project] Aller bon train
Être bien dans les temps

Limite “to be ahead of schedule”
(En avance)

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In good time ( to do sth)

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  1. (sufficiently early)
    suffisamment tôt ( pour faire qqc)

You need to get to the theatre in good time to get a seat near the front.
Il faut arriver suffisamment tôt pour espérer avoir une place au premier rang.

en avance

Il faut arriver au théâtre en avance pour être bien placé.

  1. (in a short time) rapidement

The bus came early and he arrived at work in good time.

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To do sth à round the clock

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[To work]. Faire qqc jour et nuit

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In the small hours

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Au petit matin
Aux petites heures du jour

To finish thaïs schedule on time, I had to work until the small hours.

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formerly

[ˈfɔːrmərli]

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autrefois, jadis, dans le temps, précédemment, avant

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to run its course

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suivre son cours

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under way, underway

[ˌʌndərˈweɪ]
1 adj, 2 exp

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. adj
to be under way être en cours

An investigation is underway.
Une enquête est en cours.

to be well underway
être bien entamé(e)

to get under way débuter

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a few times

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. adv
(with several repetitions )
plusieurs fois
(on several occasions)
à plusieurs reprises

After you do it a few times it doesn’t seem so terrible.

That boy has come over a few times and always behaved himself.
Ce garçon est passé à plusieurs reprise et il s’est toujours bien comporté ( tenu).

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earlier

[ˈ3ːrliər]

(2adj, 2adv)

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  • adj comparative

. (previous)[meeting] précédent(e)

. [edition, report, idea] antérieur(e)
at an earlier dateà
une date antérieure

. (not so late)[time] plus tôt

. (not so late)                         plus tôt
I ought to get up earlier.
Je devrais me lever plus tôt.
I can't come any earlier.
Je ne peux pas venir plus tôt.

earlier than plus tôt que
She left earlier than us.
Elle est partie plus tôt que nous.

. (some time ago) tout à l’heure
I saw him earlier.
Je l’ai vu tout à l’heure.

earlier this year
plus tôt dans l’année

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