Usage examples of "make up for lost time" in English with translation to French

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We must make up for lost time. Nous devons rattraper le temps perdu.

I must make up for lost time. Je dois rattraper le temps perdu.

He hurried on to make up for lost time. Il se dépêchait pour rattraper le temps perdu.

I must work hard to make up for lost time. Il faut que je travaille dur pour rattraper le temps perdu.

We are working hard to make up for lost time. Nous travaillons dur pour rattraper le temps perdu.

I must make up for lost time by driving fast. Je dois rattraper le temps perdu en conduisant vite.

We hurried to make up for the lost time. Nous nous sommes dépêchés de rattraper le temps perdu.

I will make up for the lost time by studying as hard as I can. Je rattraperai le temps perdu en étudiant aussi fort que je peux.

Money cannot make up for lost time. L'argent ne compense pas le temps perdu.

You can't make up for lost time Le temps perdu ne se rattrape jamais

We are going to make up for lost time by taking a short cut. On va essayer de rattraper le retard en prenant un raccourci.

The old couple gave him up for lost. Le vieux couple le prit pour mort.

We demanded that she should make up for the loss. Nous exigeâmes qu'elle compense la perte.

They gave him up for lost. Ils le laissèrent pour mort.

We must make up for the loss. Nous devons compenser la perte.

You must make up for the loss. Tu dois compenser la perte.

He tried to make up for his lack of sleep by taking a nap. Il a essayé de récupérer son manque de sommeil en faisant un somme.

We will make up for the loss. Nous compenserons la perte.

We must make up for the loss in some way. On doit compenser les pertes d'une manière ou d'une autre.

I must make up for the loss. Il faut que je compense cette perte.

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