il fallait – phrases

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Subject	French	English
astr.	ce qu'il fallait démontrer	q. e. d.
astr.	ce qu'il fallait démontrer	quod erat demonstrandum
gen.	c'est comme l' œuf de Christophe Colomb, il fallait y penser	it's easy when you know how
gen.	c'est facile, seulement voilà, il fallait y penser	it's easy once you've thought of it
gen.	c'est simple mais il fallait y penser	it's a simple enough idea but somebody had to think of it (in the first place)
gen.	comme il fallait s'y attendre	predictably enough
gen.	comme il fallait s'y attendre	as was to be expected
gen.	il fallait	it was necessary (imparfait)
gen.	il fallait bien que je lui dise la vérité — oui mais il y a manière et manière	I had to tell him the truth — yes, but there are different ways of doing it
gen.	il fallait jouer Fleur de Lys gagnant	you should have backed Fleur de Lys to win
gen.	il fallait l'entendre!	you should have heard him!
gen.	il fallait réfléchir avant de parler!	you should have thought before you spoke!
gen.	il fallait s'y attendre	that was to be expected
gen.	il fallait y penser plus tôt	you should have thought about it before
gen.	il fallait y penser plus tôt	you should have thought about it earlier
gen.	il lui fallait se tenir à quatre pour ne pas parler	he had to bite his lip to bite his tongue not to speak
gen.	il lui fallait se tenir à quatre pour ne pas rire	he had to bite his lip not to laugh
gen.	il me fallait lui mentir	I had to lie to him (soutenu)
gen.	il ne fallait pas commencer!	you shouldn't have started!
humor.	il va bientôt falloir le rationner!	we'll have to put him on short rations soon!
gen.	il va falloir alléger le paquet de 10 grammes	we'll have to take 10 grammes off the parcel
gen.	il va falloir assurer!	we'll have to show that we're up to it!
gen.	il va falloir biaiser pour avoir des places pour l'opéra	we'll have to be a bit clever to get seats for the opera
gen.	il va falloir dégraisser	there will have to be cutbacks in staff
avunc., brit.	il va falloir en foutre un coup si on veut avoir fini demain	we'll have to get a bloody
gen.	il va falloir en foutre un coup si on veut avoir fini demain	<-> move on if we want to be finished by tomorrow!
gen.	il va falloir en passer par ses exigences	we'll just have to do what he says
gen.	il va falloir que tu t'attelles à ces révisions!	you'll have to get down to that revision!
gen.	il va falloir qu'elle s'occupe	she'll have to find something to keep her occupied
prop.&figur.	il va falloir retrousser nos manches	we'll have to roll our sleeves up
gen.	il va falloir ruser	we'll have to be clever!
gen.	il va falloir t'attendre encore longtemps?	are you going to be much longer?
gen.	il va falloir vous réopérer	you'll have to have another operation
gen.	il va falloir vous réopérer	you're going to require further surgery
gen.	j'ai faim — il fallait le dire!	I'm hungry — why didn't you say so?
gen.	mais il fallait bien le lui dire!	but he had to be told all the same!
gen.	39 moins 7, il fallait trouver 32	39 take away 7, the correct result was 32
gen.	s'il fallait faire attention à tout ce que l'on dit!	if one had to mind one's Ps and Qs all the time!
gen.	ça représente un cheval — il fallait le deviner!	it's supposed to be a horse — I'd never have known!

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