Sentence examples of "Once" in English with translation "autrefois"

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Kaliningrad was once called Koenigsberg. Kaliningrad s'est autrefois appelée Koenigsberg.
Dinosaurs once ruled the earth. Les dinosaures régnèrent autrefois sur la Terre.
Germany was once allied with Italy. L'Allemagne fut autrefois l'alliée de l'Italie.
Africa was once called the Dark Continent. L'Afrique était autrefois appelée le continent noir.
How do you eat a panini that was once a pizza? Comment mange-t-on un panini qui était, autrefois, une pizza ?
Once upon a time they used to travel by a diligence. Autrefois, on voyageait en diligence.
It was once thought that there was intelligent life on Mars. On crut autrefois qu'il y avait une vie intelligente sur Mars.
Once dismissed as an artificial language, Esperanto has gained the respect of a new generation of linguists, as the most successful planned language of all time. Autrefois langue artificielle rejetée, l'espéranto a gagné le respect d'une nouvelle génération de linguistes, en tant que langue construite ayant remporté le plus de succès de tous les temps.
Even now, many years after the Cold War, there is still much rancor between the Russians and the Germans, especially in areas once occupied by the Soviet Union. Même maintenant, des années après la Guerre Froide, il y a encore beaucoup de rancoeur entre les Russes et les Allemands, en particulier dans les régions autrefois occupées par l'Union Soviétique.
Fires are less frightening today than they once were, because more and more houses are built of concrete, and concrete houses do not burn as easily as the old wooden ones. Les incendies sont moins effrayants aujourd'hui qu'ils ne l'étaient autrefois, parce que de plus en plus de maisons sont construites en béton et les maisons en béton ne brûlent pas aussi facilement que les maisons en bois.
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