Usage examples of "perdirent" in French with translation to English

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Translations: all503 lose469 waste34
Des millions de travailleurs perdirent leurs emplois. Millions of workers lost their jobs.
La plupart des policiers perdirent leur emploi. Most of the policemen lost their jobs.
Les enfants perdirent leur chemin dans la forêt. The children got lost in the woods.
Beaucoup perdirent leurs maisons après le tremblement de terre. Many lost their homes after the earthquake.
Beaucoup perdirent leurs maisons lors du tremblement de terre. Many lost their homes in the earthquake.
À cause de ce virus, de nombreux éléphants perdirent la vie. Because of that virus, many elephants lost their lives.
Une grosse bombe tomba, et un grand nombre de personnes perdirent la vie. A big bomb fell, and a great many people lost their lives.
Ils ne perdirent pas de temps à emmener l'homme souffrant à un hôpital. They lost no time in getting the sick man to a hospital.
J'ai perdu mon crayon. I have lost my pencil.
Ne perdons pas notre temps. Let's not waste time.
Celui qui hésite est perdu. He who hesitates is lost.
Ne perds pas ton temps. Don't waste time.
As-tu perdu l'esprit ? Have you lost your mind?
On a perdu beaucoup de temps. Much time was wasted.
Avez-vous perdu l'esprit ? Have you lost your mind?
Il regrette d'avoir perdu son temps. He regrets having wasted his time.
J'ai perdu mon parapluie. I have lost my umbrella.
Pensez-vous que je perde mon temps ? Do you think I'm wasting my time?
Il a perdu son honneur. He lost his honor.
Penses-tu que je perde mon temps ? Do you think I'm wasting my time?
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