Usage examples of "temps de guerre" in French with translation to English

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L'anarchie peut survenir en temps de guerre. Anarchy can happen during wartime.
Ils sont, pour ainsi dire, des victimes de guerre. They are, as it were, victims of the war.
Il est temps de se concentrer sur les affaires. It's time to get down to business.
L'armée était sur le pied de guerre. The army was on the warpath.
J'ai toujours pensé qu'un infarctus était la manière dont la nature t'indique qu'il est temps de mourir. I always thought that a stroke was one of nature's ways to tell you that it's time to die.
Nombre de navires de guerre étasuniens furent envoyés à Panama. Several American warships were sent to Panama.
Je n'ai pas eu le temps de regarder la TV hier. I didn't have time to watch TV yesterday.
Finalement, les deux chefs de tribus indiens ont décidé d'enterrer la hache de guerre et de fumer le calumet de la paix. At long last, the two chiefs of the Indian tribes have decided to bury the hatchet and smoke the peace pipe.
Il est grand temps de vous faire couper les cheveux ; ils sont trop longs. It's high time you had your hair cut; it has grown too long.
Après des décennies de guerre civile, l'ordre fut restauré. After decades of civil war, order was restored.
Cela prendra-t-il du temps de se remettre ? Will it take long to recover?
Je suis opposé à tout type de guerre. I'm opposed to any type of war.
C'était un test si difficile que nous n'avons pas eu le temps de finir. It was such a hard test that we did not have time to finish.
La haute cour a décidé de juger le chef de guerre fugitif par contumace. The high court decided to try the fugitive warlord in abstentia.
Il était occupé, mais il a pris le temps de me faire visiter la ville. He was busy, but he took the time to show me around the city.
Après avoir enterré d'innombrables fois la hache de guerre, nous l'avons toujours redéterrée. Il ne semble pas qu'il y ait quelque signe de paix durable. After countless burials of the hatchet, we always dig it up again. There doesn't seem to be any sign of an ever-lasting peace.
Je n'eus pas le temps de manger. I had no time to eat.
Ils dispensèrent de la nourriture aux victimes de guerre. They supplied the war victims with food.
Je n'ai pas le temps de m'occuper de cette lettre. Pourrais-tu t'en occuper ? I haven't got time to deal with this letter. Could you deal with it?
Le général ordonna le massacre de tous les prisonniers de guerre. The general ordered the massacre of all war prisoners.
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