Usage examples of "deux ou trois fois" in French with translation to English

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"Êtes-vous déjà allé à New York ?" "Oui, j'y suis allé deux ou trois fois." "Have you ever been to New York?" "Yes, I've been there a couple of times."
La plupart des Suisses parlent deux ou trois langues. Most Swiss citizens speak two or three languages.
Bien sûr que j'ai appris l'anglais à l'école. Mais je ne m'y suis vraiment mis qu'il y a deux ou trois ans. Oh, sure, I studied English in my school days. But it wasn't until two or three years ago that I really started taking it seriously.
Je prendrai deux ou trois jours de congé. I'll take two or three days off.
Je n'arrive à trouver que deux ou trois constellations dans le ciel nocturne. I can pick out only two or three constellations in the night sky.
J'ai deux ou trois appels à passer aujourd'hui. I have two or three calls lined up for today.
Il prononça deux ou trois mots et partit. He said two or three words and left.
Il y a deux ou trois stylos sur le bureau. There are two or three pens on the desk.
Lorsque je me trouvais à Paris, j'ai fait la connaissance de deux ou trois peintres, et suis allé visiter leurs ateliers de temps à autre. J'étais toujours fasciné par leur méthode de travail et leur mode de vie. When I was in Paris, I became acquainted with two or three painters, and I went to visit their atelier from time to time. I was always fascinated by their method of work and their way of life.
Nous décidâmes de rester cachés deux ou trois jours de plus. We decided to lie hidden for a few days.
Il y a deux ou trois personnes qui ont deux voitures. There are two or three persons with two cars.
Après onze heures les invités commencèrent à se retirer par groupes de deux ou trois. After 11 o'clock the guests began to leave by twos and threes.
Dans les deux ou trois dernières années, plusieurs Japonais ont été tués ou blessés dans des accidents de voiture alors qu'ils voyageaient à l'étranger. During the past 2 or 3 years, many Japanese have been killed or injured in traffic accidents while traveling overseas.
Je prévois de le terminer dans deux ou trois minutes. I plan to finish it in two or three minutes.
Lors de ces deux ou trois années, il acquit une grande quantité de richesses. In these two or three years, he acquired a large amount of wealth.
Je vais le terminer dans deux ou trois minutes. I'll finish it in two or three minutes.
Il fut au zoo en deux ou trois minutes de marche. A few minutes' walk brought him to the zoo.
J'ai trois fois plus d'argent que toi. I've got three times more money as you.
Le mythique Kraken, trois fois plus gros qu'un bateau, attaqua un jour la flotte de Christophe Colomb... ne laissant d'autre choix à ce dernier que de manger le Kraken. The mythical Kraken, thick as a ship and three times as wide, once made an attack on Christopher Columbus's fleet... giving Columbus no choice but to eat him.
Il a été en France trois fois. He has visited France three times.
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