Usage examples of "peu avant" in French with translation to English

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Il alla l'extérieur un petit peu avant cinq heures. He went out a little before five o'clock.
Il sera chez lui un peu avant 5 heures. He reached home shortly before five o'clock.
Peu avant son cinquantième anniversaire lui parvint la nouvelle de la naissance de son petit-enfant. Shortly before her fiftieth birthday, she received the news about the birth of her grandchild.
N'oublie pas de passer un peu de temps à parcourir tes notes avant l'examen. Don't forget to spend a little time looking over your notes before the exam.
Vous pleurerez avant peu. You'll be crying before long.
Avant peu il prendra conscience de l'erreur de ses manières. In time he'll come to see the error of his ways.
Avant peu nous connaîtrons la vérité. We will know the truth before long.
Tu pleureras avant peu. You'll be crying before long.
Avant de sortir du lit, je passe un peu de temps à songer à ce que je vais faire le reste de la journée. Before I get out of bed, I spend a little time thinking about what I'll be doing the rest of the day.
Avant d'aller quelque part, nous devrions changer un peu d'argent. Before we go anywhere, we should exchange some money.
Les Français sont vraiment un peuple bizarre : parmi ceux qui lisent cette phrase, un sur deux va vérifier si l'espace avant le double point est bien fine et insécable. The French are a really strange people: every other person who reads this sentence will check if the space before the colon is really thin and non-breaking.
Je lui ai donné le peu d'argent que j'avais sur moi. I gave him what little money I had with me.
Le candidat lâcha la bonne réponse juste avant que le temps ne soit écoulé. The contestant blurted out the right answer just before the time ran out.
Elle a un peu de pain. She has a little bread.
Vous ne pouvez pas analyser les données efficacement avant d'avoir tracé un graphique. You cannot analyse the data efficiently unless you draw a plot.
À l'époque, peu de gens pouvaient voyager à l'étranger. In those days, few people could travel abroad.
J'ai peur qu'il ne soit pas là avant 13 heures. I'm afraid he won't be here until 1:00.
Peu de gens admettent leurs erreurs. Few people will admit their faults.
L'uranium doit être enrichi avant d'être utilisé dans les armes nucléaires. Uranium has to be enriched before it can be used in nuclear weapons.
Peu d'étudiants arrivent à lire le latin. Few students can read Latin.
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