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hour ['aʊə(r)]1 noun(a) (unit of time) heure f;∎ a quarter of an hour un quart d'heure;∎ half an hour, a half hour une demi-heure;∎ an hour and a half une heure et demie;∎ an hour and three-quarters une heure trois quarts;∎ at 60 km an or per hour à 60 km à l'heure;∎ check it at least three times an hour vérifie-le au moins trois fois par heure;∎ it's a two-hour drive/walk from here c'est à deux heures de voiture/de marche d'ici;∎ the play is an hour long la pièce dure une heure, c'est une pièce d'une heure;∎ he gets £10 an hour il touche 10 livres (de) l'heure;∎ are you paid by the hour? êtes-vous payé à l'heure?;∎ a 35-hour week une semaine de 35 heures;∎ the shop is open 24 hours a day le magasin est ouvert 24 heures sur 24;∎ he was an hour late il était en retard d'une heure;∎ we arrived with hours to spare nous sommes arrivés avec plusieurs heures devant nous ou en avance de plusieurs heures;∎ the situation is deteriorating by the hour la situation s'aggrave d'heure en heure;∎ it will save you hours cela te fera gagner des heures;∎ we waited for hours and hours on a attendu des heures;∎ Miami is three hours ahead of Fresno Miami a trois heures d'avance sur Fresno;∎ Technology output per hour puissance f horaire(b) (time of day) heure f;∎ it chimes on the hour ça sonne à l'heure juste;∎ every hour on the hour toutes les heures justes;∎ in the early or small hours (of the morning) au petit matin, au petit jour;∎ at this late hour vu l'heure avancée∎ the hour has come l'heure est venue, c'est l'heure ou le moment;∎ the man of the hour l'homme de l'heure;∎ in one's hour of need quand on est dans le besoin;∎ the burning questions of the hour l'actualité f brûlanteheures fpl;∎ Industry flexible working hours des horaires mpl mobiles ou souples;∎ opening hours heures fpl d'ouverture;∎ you'll have to make up the hours next week il faudra que vous rattrapiez la semaine prochaine;∎ what are your hours?, what hours do you work? quels sont vos horaires de travail?;∎ do you work long hours? as-tu de longues journées de travail?;∎ he keeps late hours c'est un couche-tard, il veille tard;∎ to keep regular hours avoir une vie réglée;∎ people come and go at all hours les gens vont et viennent à toute heure;∎ he was out until all hours il est rentré à une heure indue;∎ after hours (of office) après les heures de travail; British (of pub) après l'heure de la fermeture►► hour hand petite aiguille f
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