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"le décalage horaire"

By Laura K. Lawless, About.com

Definition: time difference, jet lag

Il y a un décalage horaire d'une heure entre la France et l'Angleterre. - There's a one-hour time difference between France and England.

Je ne souffre pas de la fatigue due au décalage horaire - I don't suffer from jet lag.

Related: un décalage - gap, interval; décaler - to bring forward, to put back (in time)

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Pronunciation: [day ka lah zhuh rehr]Audio Link

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