rattraper le temps perdu

make up for lost time

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phrase Rare #26,563
make up for lost time Used when you need to recover time that was wasted or lost.
FR: Après les vacances, je dois travailler pour rattraper le temps perdu.
EN: After the vacation, I have to work to make up for lost time.

Rattraper le temps perdu, je suppose.

Making up for lost time, I suppose.

— La Famille Tenenbaum (2001)

Il nous faut rattraper le temps perdu.

We need to make up for lost time.

J'aimerais pouvoir rattraper le temps perdu.

I wish I could make up for lost time.

Il s'est dépêché afin de rattraper le temps perdu.

He hurried to make up for lost time.

Tu dois redoubler d'effort pour rattraper le temps perdu.

You’ll have to work twice as hard to make up for lost time.

Il essaya de rattraper le temps perdu.

He tried to make up for lost time.

Tu dois rattraper le temps perdu.

You have to make up for lost time.

Nous devons rattraper le temps perdu.

We have to make up for lost time.

J'essaye de rattraper le temps perdu.

I'm trying to make up for lost time.

Il faut que je travaille dur pour rattraper le temps perdu.

I have to work hard to make up for lost time.

Oui enfin c'était sympa de rattraper le temps perdu.

Well, it was nice to catch up.

— Insaisissables 3 (2025)