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♦ since /sɪns/A avv.1 da allora; da allora in poi; dopo; di poi: He left last Monday and I haven't seen him since, è partito lunedì scorso e da allora non l'ho più visto; He was injured a year ago but he's since fully recovered, rimase ferito un anno fa ma si è poi completamente ristabilito; ever since, da allora; da allora in poi: We met in 1992 and have been friends ever since, ci siamo conosciuti nel 1992 e da allora siamo rimasti amiciB prep.( di tempo) da; da quando; a partire da: I've been working since six o'clock, lavoro dalle sei; I've known him since 1992, lo conosco dal 1992; DIALOGO → - New flame- We've been going out since we met at the Christmas party, usciamo insieme da quando ci siamo conosciuti alla festa di Natale; It's a long time since dinner, è passato un bel po' di tempo dal pranzo; I've eaten nothing since yesterday, non ho mangiato (nulla) da ieri; non mangio da ieri; since your last letter, dalla tua ultima lettera; since seeing you, da quando ti vidi; dall'ultima volta che ti ho visto; since then, da allora; since now, da adesso (in avanti)C cong.1 da quando; dacché: What have you been doing since we met?, che cosa hai fatto da quando ci siamo incontrati?; since we parted, da quando ci siamo lasciati2 poiché; dacché; giacché; siccome: Since you have come late, you'll have to wait longer, poiché sei arrivato in ritardo, dovrai aspettare di più; Since he was tired, he reported sick, siccome era stanco, si è dato per malato● since that is so, stando così le cose □ long since, molto tempo fa; da molto tempo, da un pezzo: I've long since forgiven him, l'ho perdonato da un pezzo □ not long since, non molto tempo fa; poc'anzi □ How long is it since you last saw her?, quant'è che non la vedi? □ (iron.) Since when have you been a moralist?, da quando in qua sei un moralista? □ The 1899-1901 famine in India was unlike any other famine, before or since, la carestia del 1899-1901 in India fu la peggiore di tutte, quelle precedenti e le successive. -
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since [sɪns]depuis;∎ he has been talking about it since yesterday/since before Christmas il en parle depuis hier/depuis avant Noël;∎ the fair has been held annually (ever) since 1950 la foire a lieu chaque année depuis 1950;∎ she's the best soul singer since Aretha Franklin c'est la meilleure chanteuse de soul depuis Aretha Franklin;∎ how long is it since their divorce? ça fait combien de temps qu'ils ont divorcé?;∎ since then depuis lors;∎ that was in 1966, since when the law has been altered c'était en 1966 - depuis, la loi a été modifiée;∎ since when have you been married? depuis quand êtes-vous marié?;∎ familiar ironic they really have changed - oh yes, since when? ils ont vraiment changé - ah oui, depuis quand?∎ I've worn glasses since I was six je porte des lunettes depuis que j'ai six ans ou depuis l'âge de six ans;∎ how long has it been since you last saw Hal? ça fait combien de temps que tu n'as pas vu Hal?;∎ it's been ages since we've gone to a play ça fait une éternité que nous ne sommes pas allés au théâtre;∎ since leaving New York, I… depuis que j'ai quitté New York, je…;∎ it had been ten years since I had seen him cela faisait dix ans que je ne l'avais pas revu(b) (expressing cause) puisque, comme;∎ since you don't want to go, I'll go by myself puisque ou comme tu ne veux pas y aller, j'irai tout seul;∎ I'll do it since it's you that's asking je le ferai puisque c'est vous qui me le demandez3 adverbdepuis;∎ she used to be his assistant, but she's since been promoted elle était son assistante, mais depuis elle a été promue;∎ I've never seen it/her since je ne l'ai jamais revu/revue depuisdepuis que;∎ ever since she resigned, things have been getting worse depuis qu'elle a démissionné ou depuis sa démission, les choses ont empirédepuis;∎ ever since that day he's been afraid of dogs depuis ce jour-là, il a peur des chiens3 adverbdepuis;∎ he arrived at 9 o'clock and he's been sitting there ever since il est arrivé à 9 heures et il est assis là depuis∎ I've long since forgotten why il y a longtemps que j'ai oublié pourquoi;∎ I've long since got used to it il y a longtemps que j'y suis habitué -
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since [sɪns]1. conjunction━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Note the use of the French present tense to translate the English perfect.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━b. ( = because) puisque• why don't you buy it, since you are so rich! achète-le donc, puisque tu es si riche !2. adverb3. preposition━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Note the use of the French present tense to translate the English perfect and perfect continuous.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• since when has he had a car? depuis quand a-t-il une voiture ?• ever since 1900 France has attempted to... depuis 1900 la France tente de...• how long is it since the accident? l'accident remonte à quand ?* * *[sɪns] 1.preposition depuis2.since arriving ou since his arrival he... — depuis son arrivée or depuis qu'il est arrivé, il...
1) ( from the time when) depuis queever since I married him — depuis que nous nous sommes mariés, depuis notre mariage
2) ( because) comme, étant donné que3.since you're so clever, why don't you do it yourself? — puisque tu es tellement malin, pourquoi ne le fais-tu pas toi-même?
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A prep depuis ; he's been in France since March il est en France depuis le mois de mars ; she'd been a teacher since 1965 elle était professeur depuis 1965 ; she's been waiting since 10 am elle attend depuis 10 heures ; I haven't spoken to her since yesterday je ne lui ai pas parlé depuis hier ; I haven't seen him since then je ne l'ai pas vu depuis ; since arriving ou since his arrival he… depuis son arrivée or depuis qu'il est arrivé, il… ; since when do you open other people's mail? depuis quand est-ce que tu ouvres le courrier des autres?B conj1 ( from the time when) depuis que ; since he's been away depuis qu'il est absent ; ever since I married him depuis que nous nous sommes mariés, depuis notre mariage ; I've known him since I was 12 je le connais depuis que j'ai 12 ans ; it's 10 years since we last met cela fait 10 ans que nous ne nous sommes pas revus ;2 ( because) comme, étant donné que ; since it was raining I stayed at home comme il pleuvait or étant donné qu'il pleuvait je suis resté à la maison ; since you ask, I'm fine puisque tu poses la question, je vais bien ; since you're so clever, why don't you do it yourself? puisque tu es tellement malin, pourquoi ne le fais-tu pas toi-même?C adv ( subsequently) she has since qualified depuis elle a obtenu son diplôme ; we've kept in touch ever since nous ne nous sommes pas perdus de vue depuis ; I haven't phoned her since je ne lui ai pas téléphoné depuis ; they've long since left ils sont partis il y a longtemps ; not long since il y a peu de temps. -
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since [sɪns]1. adv1) с те́х по́р;I have not seen him since я его́ не ви́дел с те́х по́р
;he has ( или had) been healthy ever since с те́х по́р он (всё вре́мя) был здоро́в
2) тому́ наза́д;he died many years since он у́мер мно́го лет наза́д
;I saw him not long since я ви́дел его́ неда́вно
2. prep с; по́сле;I have been here since ten o'clock я здесь с 10 часо́в
;since seeing you I have ( или had) heard... по́сле того́, как я ви́дел вас, я узна́л...
3. cj1) с те́х по́р как;it is a long time since I saw him last прошло́ мно́го вре́мени с те́х по́р, как я его́ ви́дел в после́дний раз
2) так как, поско́льку;since you are ill, I will go alone поско́льку вы больны́, я пойду́ оди́н
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6 since the year dot
desde el año de la nana————————desde el año de la pera, desde el año de María Castaña(Brit) desde los tiempos de Maricastaña -
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since when? desde quando? since when have you known him? / desde quando o conhece? -
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Since I was not going in for teaching — Раз я не собираюсь идти в учительницы Been any trouble since she got here? — А что, тут уже из-за нее заварилась каша? -
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since last overhaulпосле последнего ремонтаsince placed in serviceс момента ввода в эксплуатацию -
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11 since he was in petticoats
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12 since when?
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13 since his wife left him he's on the prowl again
since his wife left him he's on the prowl againsinds zijn vrouw bij hem weg is, is hij weer op zoekEnglish-Dutch dictionary > since his wife left him he's on the prowl again
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14 since then he hasn't/has never looked back
since then he hasn't/has never looked backvanaf dat moment ging het hem steeds beter/voor de windEnglish-Dutch dictionary > since then he hasn't/has never looked back
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15 since time out of mind
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16 since when has he been here?
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17 since you don't want me around I might as well leave
aangezien je me niet in de buurt wilt hebben, kan ik evengoed vertrekkenEnglish-Dutch dictionary > since you don't want me around I might as well leave
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18 since
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19 since in the case
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20 since print
since `print` с тех пор как см. также см. также
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