Usage examples of "allowance for time lost" in English with translation to French

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You must make allowance for his lack of experience. Vous devez prendre son manque d'expérience en considération.

He's stalling for time. Il gagne du temps.

The lawyer asked the judge to make allowance for the age of the accused. Le défenseur pria le juge de prendre en considération l'âge de l'accusé.

He is a reporter for Time magazine. Il est reporter pour le Time.

A schedule is an identity card for time, but, if you don't have a schedule, the time isn't there. Un emploi du temps, c'est une carte d'identité du temps, seulement, si on n'a pas d'emploi du temps, le temps n'est pas là.

I got lost when I visited you for the first time. Je me suis perdu lorsque je t'ai rendu visite pour la première fois.

You can't make up for lost time Le temps perdu ne se rattrape jamais

I must work hard to make up for lost time. Il faut que je travaille dur pour rattraper le temps perdu.

He hurried on to make up for lost time. Il se dépêchait pour rattraper le temps perdu.

We are working hard to make up for lost time. Nous travaillons dur pour rattraper le temps perdu.

We are going to make up for lost time by taking a short cut. On va essayer de rattraper le retard en prenant un raccourci.

I will make up for the lost time by studying as hard as I can. Je rattraperai le temps perdu en étudiant aussi fort que je peux.

We hurried to make up for the lost time. Nous nous sommes dépêchés de rattraper le temps perdu.

Lost time must be made up for. On doit rattraper le temps perdu.

He dwelt for a time in France, then went to Italy. Il résida un temps en France puis alla en Italie.

He stayed in London for a time. Il est resté à Londres pendant un moment.

This will do for the time being. Cela fera l'affaire pour le moment.

I am staying with my uncle for the time being, but later I will move to a small apartment. Je réside avec mon oncle pour le moment, mais plus tard j'emménagerai dans un petit appartement.

Thank you for the time you spent with me during my visit to Atlanta. Merci pour le temps que vous avez passé avec moi durant mon séjour à Atlanta.

My grandfather was quite a learned man for his time and place but he just wasn't cut out to be a businessman. Mon grand-père était un homme plutôt cultivé, pour l'époque et le lieu, mais il n'était simplement pas taillé pour être un homme d'affaires.

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