Usage examples of "set back years" in English with translation to French

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I wonder how much Darby's new boob job set her back. Je me demande combien les nouveaux seins de Darby lui ont coûté.

I can trace my ancestors back 200 years. Je peux tracer mes ancêtres deux cents ans en arrière.

Look how they all speak ill of me behind my back because I married a woman thirty years younger than me. Regarde comme tous médisent derrière mon dos parce que je me suis marié avec une femme de trente ans ma cadette.

After I graduated from college, I moved back home and lived with my parents for three years. Après avoir été diplômé de l'école, j'ai de nouveau emménagé chez moi et vécu avec mes parents pendant trois ans.

Some religious groups set up gigantic generational ships that travelled many years away from the Solar System to distant stars. Certains groupes religieux mirent sur pied de gigantesques navires générationnels qui voyageaient en direction d'étoiles éloignées, à de nombreuses années du système solaire.

When did you get back from London? Quand es-tu revenu de Londres ?

The diamond was set in a gold ring. Le diamant était enchâssé dans une bague en or.

I will have been studying English for five years next February. À partir de février prochain, je vais étudier l'anglais pendant cinq ans.

Now just a minute there. I hope you're not trying to tell me you're not going to pay the money back. Hé, attendez une minute. J'espère que vous n'essayez pas de me dire que vous n'allez pas me rendre mon argent.

He set his son up as a baker. Il a établi son fils comme boulanger.

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.

I can't figure out how to transfer MP3 files from my iPod back to my computer. Je n'arrive pas à comprendre comment re-transférer mes fichiers MP3 depuis mon iPod vers mon ordinateur.

A fund was launched to set up a monument in memory of the dead man. Une souscription a été lancée afin d'ériger un monument à mémoire du défunt.

Since graduation fifteen years ago I have never run into my former classmates. Je n'ai pas revu mes camarades de classe depuis que j'ai eu mon diplôme il y a 15 ans.

He is still on his back. Il est toujours alité.

Set the clock right. It's ten minutes fast. Règle la pendule. Elle avance de dix minutes.

By the time my father retires, he will have worked for almost thirty years. Lorsque mon père prendra sa retraite, il aura travaillé environ trente ans.

We'll be back on air shortly. Nous serons bientôt de retour sur les ondes.

The prisoner was set at liberty yesterday. Le prisonnier a été remis en liberté hier.

He survived his wife for many years. Il survécut à sa femme durant de nombreuses années.

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