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past [pɑ:st]1 noun(a) (former time) passé m;∎ to live in the past vivre dans le passé;∎ the great empires of the past les grands empires de l'histoire;∎ it is a thing of the past (institution, custom) ça n'existe plus; (relationship) c'est du passé; (is old-fashioned) c'est périmé;∎ those days are a thing of the past cette époque est révolue;∎ politeness seems to have become a thing of the past la politesse semble être une chose démodée(b) (background → of person) passé m;∎ woman with a past femme f qui a vécu ou qui a un passé chargé;∎ town with a past ville f historique;∎ our country's glorious past le glorieux passé de notre pays∎ in the past au passé(a) (former, gone by → life) antérieur; (→ quarrels, differences) vieux (vieille), d'autrefois; (→ generation, centuries, mistakes, event) passé;∎ in centuries past autrefois;∎ the time for negotiating is past l'heure n'est plus à la négociation;∎ those days are past ces temps sont révolus;∎ from past experience par expérience;∎ in past time or times past autrefois, (au temps) jadis;∎ to be past (ended) être passé ou terminé;∎ the crisis is now past la crise est maintenant passée;∎ the past mayors of the town les anciens maires de la ville∎ the past week la semaine dernière ou passée;∎ the past two months les deux derniers mois;∎ this past month has been very busy le mois qui vient de s'achever a été très chargé;∎ I've not been feeling well for the past few days ça fait quelques jours que je ne me sens pas très bien;∎ he has spent the past five years in China il a passé ces cinq dernières années en Chine∎ it's ten/quarter/half past six il est six heures dix/et quart/et demie;∎ it is past four (o'clock) il est quatre heures passées;∎ it's quarter past the hour il est le ou et quart;∎ it's already past midnight il est déjà plus de minuit ou minuit passé;∎ it's long or way past my bedtime je devrais être au lit depuis longtemps;∎ he's past fifty il a plus de cinquante ans, il a dépassé la cinquantaine;∎ she's past the adolescent stage ce n'est plus une adolescente;∎ these beans are past their best ces haricots ne sont plus très frais(b) (further than) plus loin que, au-delà de;∎ just past the bridge un peu plus loin que le pont, un peu au-delà du pont;∎ turn right just past the school prenez à droite juste après l'école;∎ he can't count past ten il ne sait compter que jusqu'à dix;∎ I didn't manage to get past the first page je n'ai pas réussi à lire plus d'une page;∎ he knocked the ball past the defender il a envoyé la balle derrière le défenseur(c) (in front of) devant;∎ he walked right past my table il est passé juste devant ma table;∎ he walked past me without saying hello il est passé devant moi sans me saluer(d) (beyond scope of) au-delà de;∎ it's past all understanding ça dépasse l'entendement;∎ their demands are past all reason leurs exigences sont totalement démesurées;∎ past endurance insupportable;∎ that's past all belief c'est incroyable∎ I'm past caring ça ne me fait plus ni chaud ni froid;∎ I wouldn't put it past him il en est bien capable;∎ I wouldn't put anything past this government ce gouvernement est capable de tout ou du pire4 adverb∎ to go past passer;∎ they ran past ils passèrent en courant;∎ the years flew past les années passaient à une vitesse prodigieuse∎ one night about three years past une nuit il y a environ trois ans;∎ it had long past struck midnight minuit avait sonné depuis longtempsautrefois, dans le temps►► past master expert m;∎ humorous he's a past master at doing as little as possible il est passé maître dans l'art d'en faire le moins possible;Grammar past participle participe m passé;Grammar past perfect plus-que-parfait m;Grammar past tense passé m;∎ in the past tense au passé
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