Sentence examples of "commencer" in French with translation "begin"

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Alors, où devons-nous commencer ? So, where shall we begin?
Les travaux vont commencer demain. Work is due to begin tomorrow.
Nous allons commencer sous peu. We'll begin shortly.
Je ne fais que commencer. I'm just beginning.
Nous pouvons commencer ce soir. We can begin tonight.
Puisque tu es ici, autant commencer. As long as you are here, we might as well begin.
Vous devez commencer aussitôt que possible. You have to begin as soon as possible.
Pour commencer, elle est trop jeune. To begin with, she is too young.
Tu devrais commencer sur-le-champ. You should begin right away.
Vous devriez commencer sur-le-champ. You should begin right away.
La vie vient juste de commencer. Life has just begun.
Le voyage vient juste de commencer. The journey has just begun.
Pour commencer, nous devons attaquer le problème. To begin with, we must tackle the problem.
Quand la réunion va-t-elle commencer ? How soon will the meeting begin?
Commencer, c'est avoir à moitié fini. [Horace] Well begun is half done.
Il nous a donné le signal pour commencer. He gave us the signal to begin.
Se surprendre, s'étonner, c'est commencer à comprendre. To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.
L'usine va commencer à produire l'année prochaine. The factory will begin to produce next year.
Nous devrions établir quelques règles de base avant de commencer. We should lay down a few ground rules before we begin.
"Tu as fini ?" "Au contraire, je viens juste de commencer." "Have you finished it?" "On the contrary, I've just begun."
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