valoir

to hold

Mieux aurait valu ne jamais se rencontrer.	It would have been better If we had never met.
Mieux aurait valu ne jamais se rencontrer.	It would've been better if we'd never met.
En même temps, peut-être que ça aurait valu le coup.	At the same time, though, it might have been worth it.
Si c'est ce dont il avait besoin, ça aurait valu chaque centime.	If that's what it takes, it would've been worth every penny.
Peu importe son prix, ça aurait valu le coup.	Whatever his price would've been, it would've been worth it.
Ça aurait valu le coup.	This would have been worth it.
Sais-tu combien de reconstruction complète d'oreille aurait valu de mon temps ?	Do you know how much a full ear replantation would have gone for in my day?
Je pense que cela aurait valu la peine si c'était quelqu'un d'autre que vous .	I think it would have been worth it if it were anyone else but you.
Même si on était allés au congrès, ça aurait valu le coup, nous aurions passé du temps seuls.	Even if we had gone to the convention... spending time alone with you would have been worth it.
Si une telle démarche avait sauvé la vie d'un seul travailleur exposé à l'amiante, elle en aurait valu la peine.	Had it saved just one asbestos worker's life, it would have been worth it.
Rob Huff semblait se l’être assurée, ce qui lui aurait valu la DHL Pole Position de la Course 2 à la grille partiellement inversée.	Rob Huff appeared to have secured the place, which would have handed him the DHL Pole Position for the reverse-grid Race 2.
M. Rosenthal (Guatemala) fait observer que mieux aurait valu éviter un vote qui ajournera l'examen au fond de la question de la radiation de deux pays.	Mr. Rosenthal (Guatemala) observed that it would have been preferable to avoid a vote that would postpone substantive consideration of the question of the graduation of two countries.
Toutefois, ce que je sais, c'est qu'il aurait valu la peine d'avoir ce débat beaucoup plus tôt, parce que l'Union européenne aura voix au chapitre lors de cette session, qui est cohérente, articulée et, surtout, efficace.	However, what I do know is that it would have been worthwhile holding this debate much earlier because the European Union will have a voice at this session, which is coherent, articulate and, above all, effective.