Sentence examples of "traffic jam" in English
The handyman was supposed to arrive at twelve noon, but got stuck in a traffic jam for a few hours.
Le réparateur devait arriver à midi, mais il s'est retrouvé coincé dans des bouchons pendant plusieurs heures.
They were stuck for hours in a traffic jam.
Ils restèrent coincés dans un embouteillage durant des heures.
There was an enormous traffic jam in downtown Kyoto.
Il y avait un énorme embouteillage dans le centre-ville de Kyoto.
I attributed the delay in delivery to a traffic jam.
J'attribuais le retard de livraison aux embouteillages.
We got up at dawn to avoid a traffic jam.
Nous nous sommes levés à l'aube pour éviter un embouteillage.
If you leave now, I'm sure you'll be caught in a traffic jam.
Si tu pars maintenant, tu vas certainement te retrouver dans les embouteillages.
We got stuck in a traffic jam, which made us twenty minutes late.
Nous sommes restés coincés dans un embouteillage, ce qui nous a mis vingt minutes en retard.
I think you'll make it if we don't get stuck in a traffic jam.
Je pense que tu vas y arriver si nous ne restons pas coincés dans un embouteillage.
A rush-hour traffic jam delayed my arrival by two hours.
Un embouteillage durant les heures de pointe a retardé mon arrivée de deux heures.
I explained to the host that I had been delayed by a traffic jam.
J'ai expliqué à l'hôte que j'ai été retardé par un embouteillage.
As a result of a traffic jam, he wasn't able to see her off at the station.
Du fait des embouteillages, il n'a pas pu la voir partir depuis la gare.
I was late for the meeting because of a traffic jam.
J'étais en retard pour la réunion à cause d'un embouteillage.
If that boy had not been killed in the traffic accident, he would be a college student now.
Si ce garçon n'avait pas été tué dans cet accident, il serait un étudiant universitaire aujourd'hui.
So all you need is good cheese and a jar of black cherry jam.
Donc tout ce dont tu as besoin est de bon fromage et d'un pot de confiture de cerises noires.
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