B2-Unit 5 - LA DURÉE Flashcards

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Brièvement

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briefly

Expliquez-moi brièvement ce qui s’est passé. Tell me briefly what happened.

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2
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Continuellement

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continually

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Définitivement

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(= une fois pour toutes) once and for all

(pour toujours) permanently

Il a définitivement réglé la question. He’s resolved the matter once and for all.

Elle s’est définitivement installée en Écosse en 1980. She settled in Scotland for good in 1980.

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4
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en un clin d’œil

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in a flash

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5
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en un rien de temps

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in no time at all

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longtemps

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for a long time

for long

a long time

long

J’ai attendu longtemps chez le dentiste. I waited a long time at the dentist’s.

Ça ne va pas durer longtemps. It won’t last long.

avant longtemps before long

pendant longtemps for a long time

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un certain temps

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quite some time

some time

J’ai mis un certain temps à comprendre ce qu’elle disait. It took me quite some time to understand what she was saying.

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un instant

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in a moment

Le dîner sera prêt dans un instant. Dinner will be ready in a moment.

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un moment

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moment

while

Pendant un moment, on n’a rien entendu. For a moment, we didn’t hear anything.

au bout d’un moment after a moment

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10
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ça fait … que

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It is … since

Ça fait 4 ans qu’il est parti. It is 4 years since he left.

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depuis

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since

Il habite Paris depuis 1993. He has been living in Paris since 1993.

Il habite Paris depuis l’an dernier. He has been living in Paris since last year.

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durant

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during

for

durant la nuit during the night

durant des mois for months

durant des années for years

des mois durant for months

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en

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(temps) in

Je le verrai en mai. I’ll see him in May.

en été in summer

en juin in June

en 3 jours in 3 days

en 20 ans in 20 years

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14
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il y a … que

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It is … since

Ça fait 4 ans qu’il est parti. It is 4 years since he left.

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15
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pendant

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during

Ça s’est passé pendant l’été. It happened during the summer.

pendant que while

Christian a téléphoné pendant que Chantal prenait son bain. Christian phoned while Chantal was having a bath.

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16
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pour

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for … duration