Sentence examples of "était temps" in French
Il était occupé, mais il a pris le temps de me faire visiter la ville.
He was busy, but he took the time to show me around the city.
Elle était occupée à tricoter. Pendant ce temps, il faisait une sieste à côté du feu.
She was busy knitting. In the meantime, he was taking a nap by the fire.
Le sel était une denrée rare et chère dans les temps anciens.
Salt was a rare and costly commodity in ancient times.
Jean était tellement pressé qu'il n'avait pas de temps pour parler.
John was in such a hurry that he had no time for talking.
J'ai toujours pensé qu'un infarctus était la manière dont la nature t'indique qu'il est temps de mourir.
I always thought that a stroke was one of nature's ways to tell you that it's time to die.
Bruce était terriblement déçu quand sa copine l'a quitté, mais il s'en est remis peu de temps après.
Bruce was terribly upset when his girlfriend left him, but he soon got over it.
Poutine a déclaré qu'Internet était mauvais pour les gens parce qu'il est plein de pédophiles, tout en admettant ne jamais l'utiliser lui-même, par manque de temps. Il ne fait aucun doute que sans Internet, la Russie se dirige vers un avenir brillant.
Putin declared that Internet is bad for people because it's full of paedophiles, while admitting never using it himself, for lack of time. No doubt that without Internet, Russia is heading for a bright future.
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