Usage examples of "perdu" in French with translation to English

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J'ai perdu mon crayon. I have lost my pencil.
On a perdu beaucoup de temps. Much time was wasted.
Celui qui hésite est perdu. He who hesitates is lost.
Il regrette d'avoir perdu son temps. He regrets having wasted his time.
As-tu perdu l'esprit ? Have you lost your mind?
J'ai regretté d'avoir perdu beaucoup de temps. I regretted having wasted a great deal of time.
Avez-vous perdu l'esprit ? Have you lost your mind?
Il a perdu son temps à jouer aux courses hippiques. He wasted his time on gambling at the horse races.
J'ai perdu mon parapluie. I have lost my umbrella.
Il a perdu ce qu'il a reçu de son père. He wasted that which he had received from his father.
Il a perdu son honneur. He lost his honor.
Pas étonnant qu'il ait échoué à l'examen après avoir ainsi perdu tant de temps. No wonder he failed the exam, after wasting so much time like that.
Il a perdu son emploi. He has lost his job.
S'il n'avait pas perdu de temps, il aurait terminé à l'heure qu'il est. If he hadn't wasted time, he'd be finished by now.
Avez-vous perdu du poids ? Have you lost weight?
Quand je demande aux gens ce qu'ils regrettent le plus concernant le lycée, ils répondent presque tous la même chose : qu'ils ont perdu tellement de temps. When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.
J'ai perdu la clé. I have lost the key.
J'ai perdu ma couronne. I've lost my crown.
Elle chercha son garçon perdu. She searched about for her lost boy.
Il a perdu la vue. He lost his eyesight.
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