Usage examples of "at some time or another" in English with translation to French

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Every school kid has played hooky at one time or another. Tout écolier a fait l'école buissonnière à un moment ou un autre.
Every high school student has ditched class at one time or other. Tout élève de lycée a séché un cours à un moment ou un autre.
Your new friends may laugh at some of the things you do. Tes nouveaux amis pourraient se moquer de certains de tes agissements.
For one reason or another, their holiday in France wasn't as good as they expected it would be. Pour une raison ou une autre, leurs vacances en France ne furent pas aussi agréables que ce à quoi ils s'attendaient.
We listened to her for some time. Nous l'écoutâmes quelque temps.
If you participate in a decathlon you'll be throwing a discus at some point. Si tu participes à un décathlon, tu lanceras un disque à un moment donné.
He was always annoyed in the city by noises of one sort or another. Il était toujours ennuyé en ville par un bruit ou un autre.
Space travel will be commonplace some time in the future. Les voyages spatiaux seront devenus banals quelque part dans le futur.
For one reason or another their holiday in France didn't come up to expectations. Pour une raison quelconque, leurs vacances en France ne les ont pas satisfaits.
It took me some time to persuade her. Il m'a fallu du temps pour la convaincre.
It took me some time to learn how to drive a car. Cela m'a pris quelque temps pour apprendre à conduire une voiture.
It will take some time before he understands it. Cela prendra du temps avant qu'il comprenne ça.
I will have to be away for some time. Je vais devoir m'absenter quelque temps.
I have some time, but never very much... J'ai un peu de temps, mais toujours pas beaucoup...
It'll take some time to get used to wearing a wig. Ça prendra un peu de temps pour s'habituer à porter une perruque.
We must get together for a drink some time. Nous devons nous rencontrer pour prendre un verre, un de ces jours.
It'll take some time to shovel all the snow off the roof. Ça prendra un peu de temps pour pelleter toute la neige du toit.
I want to spend some time with you. Je veux passer du temps avec toi.
It'll take some time until we have enough money to buy a new tractor. Ça prendra un peu de temps jusqu'à ce que nous ayons assez d'argent pour acheter un nouveau tracteur.
Give me some time to let it all sink in. Laissez-moi le temps de digérer tout cela.
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