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1 The clock
What time is it?In timetables etc., the twenty-four hour clock is used, so that 4 pm is seize heures. In ordinary usage, one says quatre heures (de l’après-midi).what time is it?= quelle heure est-il?my watch says five o’clock= il est cinq heures à ma montrecould you tell me the time?= pouvez-vous me donner l’heure?it’s exactly four o’clock= il est quatre heures juste or il est exactement quatre heuresit’s about four= il est environ quatre heuresit’s almost three o’clock= il est presque trois heuresit’s just before six o’clock= il va être six heuresit’s just after five o’clock= il est à peine plus de cinq heuresit’s gone five= il est cinq heures passéesWhen?French never drops the word heures: at five is à cinq heures and so on.French always uses à, whether or not English includes the word at. The only exception is when there is another preposition present, as in vers cinq heures (towards five o’clock), avant cinq heures (before five o’clock) etc.what time did it happen?= à quelle heure cela s’est-il passé?what time will he come at?= à quelle heure va-t-il venir?it happened at two o’clock= c’est arrivé à deux heureshe’ll come at four= il viendra à quatre heuresat ten past four= à quatre heures dixat half past eight= à huit heures et demieat three o’clock exactly= à trois heures précisesat about five= vers cinq heures or à cinq heures environat five at the latest= à cinq heures au plus tarda little after nine= un peu après neuf heuresit must be ready by ten= il faut que ce soit prêt avant dix heuresI’ll be here until 6 pm= je serai là jusqu’à six heures du soirI won’t be here until 6 pm= je ne serai pas là avant six heures du soirit lasts from seven till nine= cela dure de sept à neuf heuresclosed from 1 to 2 pm= fermé entre treize et quatorze heuresevery hour on the hour= toutes les heures à l’heure justeat ten past every hour= toutes les heures à dix† This fuller form is possible in all similar cases in this list. It is used only in ‘official’ styles.‡ Quatre heures et quart sounds less official than quatre heures quinze ( and similarly et demie and moins le quart are the less official forms). The demie and quart forms are not used with the 24-hour clock.§ Demi agrees when it follows its noun, but not when it comes before the noun to which it is hyphenated, e.g. quatre heures et demie but les demi-heures etc. Note that midi and minuit are masculine, so midi et demi and minuit et demi. -
2 the clock round
(the clock (a)round (тж. (all) round или around the clock))круглосуточно, днём и ночью [around первонач. амер.]I feel as if I could sleep the clock round, and probably I shan't sleep a wink. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Over the River’, ch. XXXIII) — Мне кажется, что я просплю сутки, хотя, возможно, не сомкну глаз.
An' I told some of 'em what Bob Elrick was like 'ere just after Dunkirk, workin' like a madman, 'e was workin' the clock round... (J. B. Priestley, ‘Daylight on Saturday’, ch. 21) — И я рассказал им, как вел себя Боб Элрик здесь после Дюнкерка: работал как бешеный, круглые сутки...
‘No wonder you're skinny,’ she said. ‘Boys of your age need to sleep the clock round.’ (C. P. Snow, ‘Time of Hope’, ch. I) — - Не приходится удивляться, что ты такой тощий, - сказала тетушка Милли. - Ребятам в твоем возрасте надо спать круглые сутки.
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3 the clock chimed one (o'clock)
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4 the clock boomed out
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5 the clock does not go
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6 the clock is wrong
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7 the clock shows five minutes past
English-Dutch dictionary > the clock shows five minutes past
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8 the clock strikes
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9 (the) clock is fast
the clock is fast (slow) часы отстают (спешат)English-Russian combinatory dictionary > (the) clock is fast
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10 the clock around
круглые суткикруглосуточноOnly when candles gave way to gaslight, and gas to electricity, when man became able to convert night into day, and double his output by working shifts round the clock, did people seriously start wondering if sleep could possibly be a waste of time. — Только тогда, когда свечи уступили место газовому освещению, а газ — электричеству, когда человек стал способен превращать ночь в день и удваивать свою продукцию, работая сменами круглые сутки, люди серьезно стали задаваться вопросом, а не является ли сон, возможно, пустой тратой времени.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > the clock around
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11 the clock around
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12 the clock round
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13 the hands of the clock pointed to half past one
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the hands of the clock pointed to half past one
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14 the tick of the clock
Общая лексика: тиканье часов -
15 (the) clock strikes the hours and half hours
English-Russian combinatory dictionary > (the) clock strikes the hours and half hours
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16 (the) hand of the clock
English-Russian combinatory dictionary > (the) hand of the clock
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17 the clock round duration
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > the clock round duration
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18 the clock boomed out twelve
Общая лексика: часы гулко пробили двенадцатьУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > the clock boomed out twelve
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19 the clock chimed midnight
Общая лексика: пробило полночьУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > the clock chimed midnight
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20 the clock gains
Общая лексика: часы идут вперёд, (loses) часы спешат (отстают)
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