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Timely French Expression
| Meaning | in advance, ahead of time, beforehand | |
| Literally | at the advance | |
| Register | normal | |
| Pronunciation |  |
[ah lah va(n)s] |
| IPA | [a la vãs] | |
Usage notes: The French adverbial phrase à l’avance is pretty straightforward: it means "in advance" or "ahead of time."
Par exemple…
| Il faut réserver une table deux semaines à l’avance. | You have to reserve a table two weeks in advance. | |
| N’oubliez pas de me prévenir un jour à l’avance. | Don’t forget to remind me a day ahead of time / the day before. |
Verbs and expressions
- arranger à l’avance – to prearrange
- arranger un combat à l’avance – to fix a match
- donner congé huit jours / quinze jours à l’avance – to give a week’s / two weeks’ notice
- écrit à l’avance – scripted
- faire bouillir à l’avance – to preboil
- faire cuire à l’avance – to precook
- s’incrire à l’avance – to enroll in advance
- organiser à l’avance – to prearrange
- payable à l’avance – payable in advance
- préparé à l’avance – prepared, scripted
- se réjouir à l’avance de faire – to greatly look forward to doing
- savourer à l’avance – to anticipate pleasure
- souffrir à l’avance – to anticipate pain, grief
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