Usage examples of "embarcation de pointe" in French with translation to English

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J'étais pris dans les transports à l'heure de pointe. I was caught in the rush hour.
Pendant l'heure de pointe, la circulation à Tokyo est dense. During the rush hours in Tokyo, traffic is heavy.
Un embouteillage durant les heures de pointe a retardé mon arrivée de deux heures. A rush-hour traffic jam delayed my arrival by two hours.
Aux heures de pointe, il nous est difficile de trouver un taxi par ici. During the rush hours we find it difficult to get a taxi around here.
Je préférerais partir tôt plutôt que prendre le train aux heures de pointe. I would rather leave early than travel on rush-hour trains.
La pointe de la lance était trempée dans un poison mortel. The tip of the spear was dipped in a deadly poison.
Il y a une pointe de rouge dans le ciel oriental. There is a tinge of red in the eastern sky.
Enfant, j'ai passé plusieurs années en Indonésie et entendu l'appel de l'adhan à la pointe de l'aube et à la tombée du crépuscule. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk.
Il tailla le bâton en une pointe acérée, à l'aide de son couteau de chasse. He whittled the stick to a sharp point with his hunting knife.
Il utilise un crayon avec une pointe fine. He uses a pencil with a fine point.
La pointe du crayon s'est émoussée. The point of the pencil has become dull.
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