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

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Tu ne peux pas perdre. You cannot lose.
Nous avons peu de temps à perdre. We have little time to waste.
je veux pas te perdre I don't want to lose you
Dépêchons-nous afin de ne pas perdre de temps. Let's hurry so as not to waste time.
J'ai dû le perdre. I must have lost it.
Il n'y a pas de temps à perdre. There's no time to waste.
Je veux perdre du poids. I want to lose weight.
Dépêchons-nous ! Nous n'avons pas de temps à perdre. Hurry up. We've little time to waste.
Elle veut vraiment perdre du poids. She really wants to lose weight.
Je n'aurais pas dû perdre mon temps à lire ça. I shouldn't have wasted my time reading that.
J'ai dû perdre les pédales. I must have lost it.
Il était bête de perdre son argent pour de pareilles broutilles. It was foolish of him to waste his money on such trifles.
Il commence à perdre ses cheveux. He is beginning to lose his hair.
La vie est très courte, nous ne devons pas perdre de temps. Life being very short, we ought not to waste time.
Tu risques de perdre ma confiance. You risk losing my trust.
Je ne désire pas perdre les meilleures années de ma vie pour vous. I do not want to waste the best years of my life for you.
Elle essaie de perdre du poids. She is trying to lose weight.
Ce serait perdre entièrement notre temps que d'attendre une seconde de plus. It's an absolute waste of time to wait any longer.
Vous m'avez fait perdre patience. You have caused me to lose my temper.
Une idée pour perdre un peu son temps me vint alors à l'esprit. Then a little time-wasting idea came to mind.
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