yesterday

yesterday
yesterday [ˈjestədeɪ]
1. adverb
hier
• all day yesterday toute la journée d'hier
• late yesterday hier dans la soirée
• when do you need it by? -- yesterday! il vous le faut pour quand ? -- hier !
2. noun
hier m
• yesterday was the second c'était hier le deux
• yesterday was Friday c'était hier vendredi
• yesterday was a bad day for him la journée d'hier s'est mal passée pour lui
• where's yesterday's newspaper? où est le journal d'hier ?
• the great men of yesterday les grands hommes du passé
► the day before yesterday avant-hier
3. compounds
► yesterday afternoon adverb hier après-midi
► yesterday evening adverb hier soir
► yesterday morning adverb hier matin
* * *
['jestədeɪ, -dɪ] 1.
noun
1) lit hier m

yesterday was a sad day for all of us — la journée d'hier a été triste pour nous tous

yesterday was the fifth of April — hier nous étions le cinq avril

the day before yesterday — avant-hier

2) fig (the past)

yesterday's fashions — la mode d'hier

yesterday's men — péj hommes mpl du passé

all our yesterdays — tout notre passé

2.
adverb
1) lit hier

I saw her only yesterday — je l'ai vue pas plus tard qu'hier

all day yesterday — toute la journée d'hier

it was yesterday week ou a week yesterday — cela fait une semaine hier

early/late yesterday — tôt/tard dans la journée d'hier

only yesterday he was saying to me... — hier encore il me disait...

2) fig (in the past) hier, autrefois

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