Usage examples of "for a bit" in English with translation to French

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It's a bit slow, can you wait for a bit? C'est un peu lent. Pouvez-vous attendre un petit moment ?

It's still early. We should all just chill for a bit. Il est encore tôt. Nous devrions tous juste nous détendre un peu.

Excessive work saps your strength, you need to rest for a bit. Le travail excessif sape vos forces, vous avez besoin de vous reposer un peu.

For a bit of a change from red meat, for tonight I've cooked turkey breasts in mushroom sauce. Pour changer un peu de la viande rouge, pour ce soir j'ai cuisiné des escalopes de dinde à la sauce champignon.

I think it's time for me to get a bit of exercise. Je pense qu'il est temps que je prenne un peu d'exercice.

I'm a bit tired. Je suis un peu fatigué.

Please wait here for a while. S'il vous plaît, attendez un peu ici.

You are a bit fat. Tu es un peu gras.

Researchers at the university of Paderborn have established that it took up to 2000 hours of English learning for a French speaker to speak English correctly. Given that there are 32 weeks of classes in a year and with 3 hours of lessons every week, 20.83 years of study are thus necessary for a French person to speak good English. Des chercheurs de l'université de Paderborn ont établi qu'il fallait 2000 heures d'apprentissage de l'anglais à un francophone pour parler correctement. Sachant qu'il y a 32 semaines de cours par an et à 3h de cours par semaine, il faut donc 20,83 ans d'études à un Français pour bien parler anglais.

Other than that, you should know that I allow myself a bit of irony from time to time. À part ça, il faut savoir que je me permets un peu d'ironie de temps en temps.

He went out for a walk with his dog. Il sortit se promener avec son chien.

Your playing sounds a bit stilted. You have to loosen up your fingers. Votre interprétation sonne un peu guindée. Vous devez relâcher vos doigts.

She had good reason to file for a divorce. Elle avait une bonne raison de demander le divorce.

He's bulked up quite a bit since he's been going to the gym. Il s'est pas mal musclé depuis qu'il va à la gym.

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

If you do it a bit slower, it goes quicker. Si tu le fais un peu plus lentement, ça va plus vite.

The flame flickered for a moment, then died out. La flamme vacilla pendant un moment, puis mourut.

My father is a bit old-fashioned. Mon papa est un peu démodé.

No matter where in the world or when, a parent's love for a child is the same. Peu importe l'endroit au monde, l'amour d'un parent pour son enfant est le même.

I don't want to lose my ideas, even though some of them are a bit extreme. Je ne veux pas perdre mes idées, même si certaines d'entre elles sont un peu extrêmes.

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