Usage examples of "wasted time" in English with translation to French

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If he hadn't wasted time, he'd be finished by now. S'il n'avait pas perdu de temps, il aurait terminé à l'heure qu'il est.
I shouldn't have wasted my time reading that. Je n'aurais pas dû perdre mon temps à lire ça.
He regrets having wasted his time. Il regrette d'avoir perdu son temps.
He wasted his time on gambling at the horse races. Il a perdu son temps à jouer aux courses hippiques.
When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time. 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.
We wasted a lot of time. Nous gâchâmes beaucoup de temps.
I regretted having wasted a great deal of time. J'ai regretté d'avoir perdu beaucoup de temps.
A lot of time was wasted. Beaucoup de temps fut gaspillé.
Much time was wasted. On a perdu beaucoup de temps.
This is how time is all wasted. C'est comme cela que le temps est complètement gâché.
I think it's time for me to discuss the matter with him. Je pense qu'il est temps que je discute l'affaire avec lui.
The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed. La journée la plus manquée est celle où on n'a pas ri.
What do you spend most of your time doing? Que fais-tu, la plupart du temps ?
He wasted that which he had received from his father. Il a perdu ce qu'il a reçu de son père.
What time do you go home? À quelle heure rentrez-vous à la maison ?
The days most wasted are those during which we have not laughed. La plus perdue de toutes les journées est celle où l’on n’a pas ri.
Tom is wasting time Tom perd du temps.
The young ones wasted their money on drinks. Les jeunes dilapidèrent leur argent en boisson.
We must make up for lost time. Nous devons rattraper le temps perdu.
The war wasted the country. La guerre dévasta le pays.
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