Usage examples of "century past" in English with translation to French

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Tennis began in France in the thirteenth century. Le tennis fut d'abord pratiqué en France au treizième siècle.
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The French language, by the way, is a clear stream that affected writers have never been, and will never be able to ripple. Each century has thrown in this limpid current its fashions, its pretentious archaisms and its preciousness, without anything surfacing from those useless attempts, those powerless efforts. The nature of this language is to be clear, logical and nervous. It won't let itself be weakened, obscured or corrupted. La langue française, d’ailleurs, est une eau pure que les écrivains maniérés n’ont jamais pu et ne pourront jamais troubler. Chaque siècle a jeté dans ce courant limpide ses modes, ses archaïsmes prétentieux et ses préciosités, sans que rien surnage de ces tentatives inutiles, de ces efforts impuissants. La nature de cette langue est d’être claire, logique et nerveuse. Elle ne se laisse pas affaiblir, obscurcir ou corrompre.
Don't dwell on your past mistakes! Ne ressasse pas tes erreurs passées !
Picasso is considered the greatest painter of the twentieth century. Picasso est considéré comme le plus grand peintre du vingtième siècle.
He referred to his past experience in his speech. Il se référa à son expérience passée dans son discours.
Islam emerged in the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh century. L'Islam émergea au septième siècle dans la péninsule arabique.
I don't care about your past. Votre passé m'indiffère.
He studied the scientists considered to be the most significant of the 19th century. Il a étudié les scientifiques qui lui paraissaient important au 19e siècle.
I must have gone past the station while I was taking a nap. J'ai dû laisser passer la gare pendant que je faisais la sieste.
Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols. Le temps n'a aucune division qui marque son passage, il n'y a jamais de tempête ni d'éclat des trompettes pour annoncer le début d'un nouveau mois ou d'une nouvelle année. Même lorsqu'un siècle commence, ce ne sont que nous, mortels, qui faisons sonner les cloches et envoyons des salves de fusils.
It is just half past seven. Il est sept heures et demie tout juste.
In the course of the twentieth century all this changed. Tout ceci a changé au cours du vingtième siècle.
His story puts me in mind of my past days. Son histoire me remît à l'esprit mes jours passés.
A hundred years is called a century. Une centaine d'années est appelée un siècle.
Danger past, God forgotten. Passé le gué, honni le saint.
Even at the end of the nineteenth century, sailors in the British Navy were not permitted to use knives and forks because using them was considered a sign of weakness. Même à la fin du dix-neuvième siècle, les marins de la marine britannique n'étaient pas autorisés à utiliser des couteaux et des fourchettes parce que c'était considéré comme un signe de faiblesse.
I advised him not to grieve over the past. Je lui ai conseillé de ne pas broyer du noir sur son passé.
Gentlemen, at the beginning of this century, France was for all nations a magnificent sight. Messieurs, au commencement de ce siècle, la France était pour les nations un magnifique spectacle.
It's twenty past six. Il est six heures vingt.
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