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Early, late or never?

Vocabulary and phrases for time concepts

Is it early where you are? Or late? How regularly do you floss? Sometimes? All the time? From time to time? The following phrases and vocabulary illustrate some of these "time concepts".

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Quelquefois
Sometimes
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Quelquefois je mange trop
Sometimes I eat too much
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Tout le temps
All the time
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Je mange tout le temps du fromage
I eat cheese all the time
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De temps en temps
From time to time
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De temps en temps je mange des lentilles
From time to time I eat lentils
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Tôt
Early
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Je me suis réveillé très tôt, ce matin
I woke up very early this morning
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En avance
Early (i.e., too soon)
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Je ne suis jamais en avance à la gare
I am never early to the station
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Il est tard
It's late (i.e., getting on)
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Il est tard, je vais dormir
It's late, I'm going to sleep
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En retard
Late (i.e., running late)
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J'étais en retard à la gare
I was late to the station
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À l'heure
On time
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Le train était à l'heure
The train was on time

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