Sentence examples of "dure" in French with translation "last"

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Tu dois comprendre que la prospérité ne dure pas éternellement. You must realize that prosperity does not last forever.
La floraison des cerisiers ne dure que quelques jours, une semaine tout au plus. Cherry blossoms last only for a few days, a week at the most.
La batterie de mon ordinateur portable ne dure plus aussi longtemps qu'elle en avait l'habitude. My laptop battery doesn't last as long as it used to.
La vie est un éclair, la beauté dure un jour ! Songe aux têtes de mort qui se ressemblent toutes. Life is but a flash of lightning, beauty lasts for a single day! Think about the skulls of the dead that are all alike.
Le son d'un baiser n'est pas aussi fort que celui d'un canon, mais son écho dure beaucoup plus longtemps. The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a deal longer.
La pluie dura trois jours. The rain lasted three days.
La pluie dura une semaine. The rain lasted a week.
Son discours dura trois heures. His speech lasted three hours.
La violence dura deux semaines. The violence lasted for two weeks.
Notre association ne dura pas longtemps. My association with him did not last long.
Les combats durèrent environ trois mois. The fighting lasted about three months.
La guerre a duré quatre ans. The war had lasted four years.
La pluie a duré trois jours. The rain lasted three days.
Notre amitié n'a pas duré. Our friendship did not last.
Le film a duré 2 heures. The film lasted 2 hours.
Le discours a duré trente minutes. The speech lasted thirty minutes.
Et cela dura jusqu'au petit matin. And it lasted until early morning.
Combien de temps va durer la tempête ? How long will the storm last?
Les boîtes en plastiques durent plus longtemps. Plastic boxes last longer.
J'ignore combien de temps ça durera. I don't know how long it will last.
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