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

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J'imagine que j'aurai des ennuis si je ne veille pas toute la nuit pour potasser mon examen. I suppose I'll be in trouble if I don't stay up all night to cram for the examination.
Il a perdu la montre qu'il avait achetée la veille. He lost the watch which he had bought the day before.
Il était très angoissé à la veille de l'examen. He was very anxious on the eve of the exam.
J'ai perdu la montre que j'avais achetée la veille. I lost the watch I had bought the day before.
Je suis habitué à veiller tard. I am accustomed to staying up late.
Les parents doivent veiller au bien-être de leurs enfants. Parents must look after the well-being of the their children.
Tu ne dois pas veiller si tard. You ought not to stay up so late.
À présent qu'il est vieux, c'est ton devoir de veiller sur lui. Now that he is old, it is your duty to go look after him.
Vous ne devez pas veiller si tard. You ought not to stay up so late.
Celui qui lutte contre les monstres doit veiller à ne pas le devenir lui-même. Or, quand on regarde trop longtemps au fond d'un abîme, l'abîme, lui aussi, vous regarde. He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.
Marie a veillé tard la nuit dernière. Mary stayed up late last night.
Je n'aurais pas dû veiller toute la nuit. I shouldn't have stayed up all night.
J'ai perdu l'appareil photo que j'avais acheté la veille. I lost the camera I had bought the day before.
Je l'ai rencontré la veille. I met him on the previous day.
Il dit qu'il l'avait rencontrée la veille. He said that he had met her on the previous day.
C'était la fenêtre que Jacques avait cassée la veille. It was the window that Jack broke yesterday.
Les rêves de la veille se dissipent dans l'aube. Dawn clears yesterday's dreams away.
Veille bien à être ici au plus tard à cinq heures. Be sure to come here by five.
Les examens de la mi-semestre auront lieu dès la semaine prochaine. Bachoter la veille ne t'avancera à rien, et il n'y a que des questions impossibles. Alors commence dès maintenant à bosser. Midterm exams are next week. Just cramming the night before won't get you ready. The time to start studying is now.
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