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Dictionary French → English: était

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	French	English
	qn./qc. était	4 sb./sth. was
2 Words: Others
	cuis. VocVoy. C'était bon ? `[fam.]` `[le` `repas]`	Did you enjoy your meal?
3 Words: Others
	C'était écrit !	It was bound to happen!
	C'était juste !	That was close!
	C'était juste !	That was a close one! `[idiom]`
	C'était perdu d'avance.	It wasn't to be.
	C'était perdu d'avance.	It wasn't meant to be.
	C'était pour rire. `[fam.]`	It was just for the fun of it.
	C'était rare que ... `[+subj.]`	It was rare that ...
	C'était très bon.	It was very good.
	C'était trop tard.	It was too late.
4 Words: Others
	C'était en l'an 1999.	It was in 1999.
	C'était la cata ! `[fam.]` `[catastrophe]`	It was a disaster!
	C'était noir de monde.	It was teeming with people.
	C'était sans compter sur qn./qc.	This was without reckoning with sb./sth.
	C'était un vrai cauchemar.	It was a living nightmare.
	Il était une fois ...	Once upon a time ...
	Il était une fois ...	Once upon a time there was ...
	cuis. VocVoy. Le repas était fameux.	The meal was excellent.
5+ Words: Others
	bible relig. Au commencement était le Verbe, et le Verbe était auprès de Dieu, et le Verbe était Dieu. `[l'évangile` `selon` `Jean]`	In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. `[Gospel` `according` `to` `John]`
	C'était à se rouler par terre !	It was hilarious!
	C'était bien la peine !	What was the point!
	C'était bien la peine que je me donne tant de mal ! `[loc.]`	I went to all that trouble for nothing! `[idiom]`
	C'était trop pénible à supporter.	It was too painful to bear.
	C'était un sale coup !	That was a dirty trick!
	Ce n'était pas moi, vous devez confondre.	It wasn't me, you must be confusing me with somebody else.
	Ce n'était pas très marrant. `[fam.]`	It was a barrel of fun. `[coll.]` `[ironic]`
	Ce n'était pas très marrant. `[fam.]`	It was a barrel of laughs. `[coll.]` `[ironic]`
	loc. comme si de rien n'était `{adv}`	as if nothing was the matter
	La salle de concert était pleine à craquer.	The concert hall was packed.
	loc. N'était-ce pas à en perdre la tête ?	Wasn't it enough to make you lose your head?
	Personne ne savait ce qu'elle était devenue.	Nobody knew what had become of her.
Fiction (Literature and Film)
	film F Le crime était presque parfait `[Alfred` `Hitchcock]`	Dial M for Murder `[Alfred` `Hitchcock]`
	film F Le crime était presque parfait `[Michael` `Curtiz]`	The Unsuspected `[Michael` `Curtiz]`

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