Usage examples of "serve time" in English with translation to French

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Please serve him his meal first. Veuillez lui servir son repas en premier.

I think it's time for me to discuss the matter with him. Je pense qu'il est temps que je discute l'affaire avec lui.

This doesn't serve any purpose. Ça ne sert à rien.

What do you spend most of your time doing? Que fais-tu, la plupart du temps ?

How may I serve you? Comment puis-je vous servir ?

What time do you go home? À quelle heure rentrez-vous à la maison ?

I have no choice but to eat what they serve me. Je n'ai d'autre choix que de manger ce qu'ils me servent.

Tom is wasting time Tom perd du temps.

My brother wanted to join the army but because of a heart condition he was judged unfit to serve. Mon frère voulait rejoindre l'armée, mais il fut jugé inapte au service à cause d'une affection cardiaque.

We must make up for lost time. Nous devons rattraper le temps perdu.

This is a difficult responsibility to embrace. For human history has often been a record of nations and tribes subjugating one another to serve their own interests. Yet in this new age, such attitudes are self-defeating. C'est une responsabilité difficile à assumer. Car l'histoire humaine a souvent été un récit de nations et de tribus se subjuguant les unes les autres, pour servir leurs intérêts propres. Cependant dans ce nouvel âge, de telles attitudes sont contre-productives.

From the look of the sky, the typhoon will probably be raging in all its fury about this time tomorrow. Vu l'état du ciel, le typhon se sera complètement déchaîné demain à cette heure.

It's better to chill white wine before you serve. Il vaut mieux refroidir le vin blanc avant que vous serviez.

By the time my father retires, he will have worked for almost thirty years. Lorsque mon père prendra sa retraite, il aura travaillé environ trente ans.

We are ever brutal to those who love and serve us in silence. Nous sommes toujours brutaux envers ceux qui nous aiment et nous servent en silence.

I can seldom find time for reading. J'ai rarement du temps pour lire.

So, what do you serve at your restaurant? Donc que servez-vous dans votre restaurant ?

I didn't want to spend any more time in bed. Je ne voulais plus passer de temps au lit.

I am a lover of liberty. I will not and I cannot serve a party. Je suis un amoureux de la liberté. Je ne veux ni ne peux servir un parti.

We waited in the park for a long time. Nous avons attendu longtemps dans le parc.

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