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

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La santé passe avant le porte-monnaie. Health is more important than money.
Jane mit une semaine avant que sa crève ne passe. It was a week before Jane got over her cold.
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.
Quoi de neuf ? Comment se passe ton nouvel emploi ? What's new with you? How is your new job working out?
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.
Tout se passe très bien. Everything is going very well.
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.
Mon grand-père aime tellement lire qu'il ne se passe pas un jour sans qu'il n'ouvre un livre. My grandfather is so fond of reading that not a day passes in which he doesn't open a book.
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.
Les journaux, les magazines et les émissions d'information nous disent ce qui se passe dans le monde. Newspapers, magazines, and newscasts tell what is going on in the world.
J'ai peur qu'il ne soit pas là avant 13 heures. I'm afraid he won't be here until 1:00.
Elle passe carrément trop de temps à surfer sur le web. She spends way too much time surfing the web.
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.
Il est très heureux que sa vie à l'école se passe bien. He is very glad that his school life is going well.
Le médicament doit subir des essais cliniques avant approbation. The drug must go through clinical trials before being approved.
Combien de fois par jour passe ce bus ? How many times does the bus run each day?
Il met un point d'honneur à faire dix pompes avant d'aller se coucher. He makes a point of doing ten push-ups before going to bed.
J'aimerais que ma copine passe davantage de temps avec moi. I wish my girlfriend would spend more time with me.
Assure-toi d'éteindre la lumière avant de partir, je te prie. Please be sure to turn off the light before you leave.
Le roman se passe dans l'Angleterre victorienne. The novel takes place in Victorian England.
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