forever

forever
forever, for ever [fərˈevər]
adverb
   a. ( = eternally) [live, last, remember] toujours
• forever and ever à jamais
   b. ( = definitively) [change, disappear, lose] pour toujours
• he left forever il est parti pour toujours
   c. ( = a long time) (inf) [take] une éternité
• the meeting lasted forever la réunion n'en finissait pas
   d. ( = constantly) to be forever doing sth être sans arrêt en train de faire qch
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[fə'revə(r)]
adverb
1) (also for ever) pour toujours

it can't go on ou last forever — [situation, trend, success] ça ne peut pas toujours durer

forever after(wards) — pour toujours

the desert seemed to go on forever — le désert semblait ne pas avoir de limites

2) (persistently)

to be forever doing something — faire quelque chose sans arrêt

3) (colloq) (also for ever) (ages)

to take forever — [task] prendre un temps fou (colloq); [person] mettre un temps fou (colloq) (to do pour faire)

to go on forever — [pain, noise] durer une éternité

4) (always) toujours

forever on the brink of doing — toujours sur le point de faire


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