Usage examples of "environ en" in French with translation to English

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Ça prend combien d'heures environ en voiture ? About how many hours does it take by car?
J'ai vu un bateau de pêche à environ un mile de la côte. I saw a fishing boat about a mile off the shore.
Deal est située au sud-est de l'Angleterre, à environ 110 kilomètres de Londres. Deal is in the southeast of England, about 110 kilometers away from London.
Quelle distance environ ? How far?
Le Canada compte environ 26 millions d'habitants. The population of Canada is about 26 million.
"Combien de temps ça prend pour aller d'ici à ton école ?" "Environ 10 minutes à pied." "How far is it from here to your school?" "It's about ten minute's walk."
Je rentrais à la maison depuis un endroit au bout du monde, à environ trois heures d'un sombre matin d'hiver, et mon chemin conduisait à travers une partie de la ville où il n'y avait littéralement rien à voir que des lampes. I was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o'clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps.
Ça ferait environ 10 millions de yens ? Is it about ten million yen?
Le Soleil est environ un million de fois plus grand que la Terre. The sun is about 1,000,000 times as large as the earth.
Ils ont bâti leur empire au Pérou il y a environ cinq cents ans. They built their empire in Peru about five hundred years ago.
Il faut environ dix minutes de marche pour se rendre à la gare. It is about ten minutes' walk to the station.
Si tu y vas par le bus, tu peux y être dans environ trois fois moins de temps. If you go by bus, you can get there in about one-third of the time.
Les combats durèrent environ trois mois. The fighting lasted about three months.
Ce dictionnaire comporte environ quarante mille entrées. This dictionary has about 40,000 entries.
Lorsque mon père prendra sa retraite, il aura travaillé environ trente ans. By the time my father retires, he will have worked for almost thirty years.
Je vais d'habitude au lit vers onze heures environ. I usually got to bed about eleven.
Il doit avoir environ 40 ans. He must be about forty.
Chaque chapitre du livre de cours est suivi par une douzaine de questions de compréhension environ. Each chapter in the textbook is followed by about a dozen comprehension questions.
L'eau recouvre environ 70% de la surface de la Terre. Water covers about 70% of the earth.
L'appendice fait environ dix centimètres de long. The appendix is about 10 cm long.
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