Usage examples of "retard injustifié" in French with translation to English

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Elle le sermonna pour son retard. She scolded him for being late.
Je me demande si elle acceptera un cadeau d'anniversaire en retard. I wonder if she'll accept a belated birthday present.
Tout ce que tu dois faire, c'est présenter tes excuses pour ton retard. All you have to do is apologize for being late.
Mon supérieur a excusé mon retard. My superior excused me for arriving late.
Elle lui présenta ses excuses pour son retard. She apologized to him for being late.
À cause du retard, j'irai à la maison. Because of the delay, I will go home.
Je n'arrive pas à trouver une bonne excuse pour mon retard chez le dentiste. I can't come up with a good excuse for being late for the dentist.
Le bus est en retard. The bus is behind time.
Quel retard ! What a delay!
Le train était en retard de 10 minutes. The train was ten minutes behind time.
On est en retard sur le planning. We're behind on schedule.
Il sera en retard pour la réunion. He won't be in time for the meeting.
Nous sommes restés coincés dans une file, ce qui nous a causé vingt minutes de retard. We got stuck in a traffic jam, which made us twenty minutes late.
Il arriva avec 30 minutes de retard. He turned up 30 minutes late.
Je vous dois des excuses pour mon retard. I must offer you an apology for coming late.
Nous sommes en retard sur l'emploi du temps. We are behind schedule.
La pendule a dix minutes de retard. The clock is ten minutes slow.
Veuillez excuser mon retard. Please excuse my being late.
Pouvez-vous estimer quel retard aura le train ? Can you estimate how late the train will be?
Il s'est excusé auprès de nous de son retard. He apologized to us for being late.
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