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VOC version 1

past and present

FRENG
à présent !!! just now at present presently (AM)
en ce moment at the moment
alors then
à cette époque at that time
à un moment donné (passé)!!! at one time at one point at some point
à un moment donné (futur) at some point
à cette occasion on that occasion
il est parti il y a deux jours/il y a longtemps he left two days ago/a long time ago
cela fait longtemps que... it has been a long time since
cela date de... it dates from...
cela remonte à... it goes back to...
très ancien antique ancient
des vestiges de l'Antiquité ancient remains
ancien!!! antique old former
du mobilier ancien antique furniture
une antiquité an antique
le socle est d'origine the plinth is original
il est arrivé avant moi he arrived before me
avant avant que before !!
il est partis avant que j'ai pu lui dire he left before I could tell him
avant de faire quelque chose before doing something
fais-le avant d'aller te coucher do it before going to bed
auparavant (d'abord) before(hand)
trois jours plus tard !! three days later three days afterwards
moins de trois jours après son arrivée within three days of his arrival
l'ancien maire the former mayor
l'ancien champion du monde the former world champion
mon mari précédent my former husband
mon ex-mari my ex-husband
cela a perdu son charme d'autrefois it has lost it's former charm
anciennement autrefois formely in former days
préalable prior
préalablement !! first beforehand
préalablement à antérieur à prior to !!
antérieur !! précédent previous earlier
dans une vie antérieur in a former life
c'était antérieur à sa démission that was prior to his resignation
antérieurement précédemment previously
trois ans auparavant !! three years previously three years earlier
passé past
le passé the past
dans un passé lointain in the distant past
auparavant !! before earlier
au temps jadis autrefois in the olden days in olden times
dans le passé par le passé in the past
présent actuel present !!
dans les circonstances/ la chine d'aujourd'hui in present-day circumstances/ china
le présent the present
récent recent
récemment recently
il y a peu de temps not long ago
démodé old-fashioned
vieillot antiquated
suranné désuet périmé (idée) outdated !!!
périmé (billet) !! out-of-date expired
obsolète obsolete
anachronique anachronistic
un anachronisme an anachronism
archaïque archaic
un archaïsme an archaism
moderne modern
courant current
contemporain contemporary
actualisé à jour dans le vent up-to-date !!!
c'est le dernier cri it's the very latest thing
un ordinateur/ une voiture dernier cri a state-of-the-art computer/ car
Created by: Samhuigyug
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