Sentence examples of "for a long time" in English with translation "longtemps"
Translations:
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depuis longtemps23
longtemps11
pendant longtemps7
très longtemps2
other translations6
I listened for a long time, but I didn't hear anything.
J'ai longtemps écouté, mais je n'ai rien entendu.
I haven't seen you for a long time. Come and see me once in a while.
Cela fait longtemps que je ne vous ai pas vu. Venez me rendre visite une fois de temps en temps.
For a long time society was strongly hierarchal and unequal, primarily composed of peasants. The most backward, impoverished population, were crushed by the weight of the taxes, wars, and famines.
Il y a longtemps, la société était fortement hiérarchisée et inégalitaire, et la partie la plus pauvre de la population, arriérée, composée principalement par des paysans, était écrasée sous le poids des impôts, des guerres et des famines.
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