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  • Audio File: Listen to the French word cadran, hear the following phrases:

    Alps 2010

  • Audio File: Listen to the French word cadran, hear the following phrases:

    Alps 2010

  • = All hours wound, the last one kills. cadran (kah-drahn) noun, masculine

    Alps 2010

  • About two meters above the woman's head, a 19th-century cadran solaire* is painted on the façade: its fading face a reminder that not only man-made things -- but also Time -- eventually disappear into eternity.

    Alps 2010

  • Jean-Marc inquired, pointing to the colorful cadran.

    Kindness of strangers 2010

  • Download MP3 * Download Wav le cadran solaire = sundial faire le tour du cadran = to go right around the clock

    Alps 2010

  • About two meters above the woman's head, a 19th-century cadran solaire* is painted on the façade: its fading face a reminder that not only man-made things--but also Time--eventually disappear into eternity.

    Alps 2010

  • Jean-Marc inquired, pointing to the colorful cadran.

    Kindness of strangers 2010

  • Download MP3 * Download Wav le cadran solaire = sundial faire le tour du cadran = to go right around the clock

    Alps 2010

  • Expressions: heure d'horloge = solid, full hour réglé comme une horloge = regulated like a clock avec une régularité d'une horloge = regular as clockwork faire le tour du cadran = to sleep around the clock remonter une montre, une horloge = to wind up a watch, clock

    une horloge - French Word-A-Day 2004

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