Time Flashcards

1
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l’heure d’été (en GB)

A

British Summer Time

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2
Q

avancer, retarder les horloges d’une heure

A

to put the clocks forward, back one hour

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3
Q

un meridien

A

a meridian

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4
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un fuseau horaire

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a time zone

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5
Q

vous avez qUELLE HEURE?

A

what time do you make it?

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6
Q

il est un peu plus de trois heures

A

it’s just after three

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7
Q

Ca fait trois heures passées

A

It’s gone three

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8
Q

sonner dix heures

A

to strike ten

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9
Q

sur le coup de minuit

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at the stroke of midnight

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10
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au petit matin

A

in the small hours

in the wee hours

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11
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par une belle matinée de printemps

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on a fine spring morning

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12
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le jour se léve

A

dawn is breaking

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13
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le crépuscule

A

dusk

twilight

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14
Q

la saison des pluies

A

the wet season

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15
Q

printanier

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springlike

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16
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en plein été

A

in the height of summer

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17
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estival

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summer

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18
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en plein hiver

19
Q

un jour ouvrable

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a working day

20
Q

une quinzaine de jour

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a fortnight

21
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un trimestre ( en general )

22
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une année civile

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a calendar year

23
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une année bisextile

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a leap year

24
Q

durer une heure

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to go on for an hour

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la durée de vie ( de vie d'une pile , ampoule )
life
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des mois durant
for months on end
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au cours de , durant
during , in the course of
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en un rien de temps
in no time
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24 heures sur 24
round the clock
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depuis le debut
since the beginning from the beginning all along
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depuis quelque temps
for some time
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jusqu'en
until | up to
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jusqu'a present
up to now
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jusqu'alors
until then | up till then
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desormais
from now on | Henceforth
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une courte periode
a short spell
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de courte durée
short-lived
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passager , éphémére
transient
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écourter
to shorten | to curtail
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longuement
lengthily
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prolonger
to prolong
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incessant
ceaseless
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durable
lasting | enduring
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un quart d'heure
a quarter of an hour