Sentence examples of "bouchon" in French

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L'accident a causé un bouchon. The accident caused a traffic jam.
Ce vin a un goût de bouchon The wine tastes like cork
J'ai été retardé par un bouchon. I was delayed by a traffic jam.
Il était impossible de retirer le bouchon. It was impossible to pull out the cork.
Nous avons été pris dans un bouchon, qui nous a mis vingt minutes en retard. We got stuck in a traffic jam, which made us twenty minutes late.
Le réparateur devait arriver à midi, mais il s'est retrouvé coincé dans des bouchons pendant plusieurs heures. The handyman was supposed to arrive at twelve noon, but got stuck in a traffic jam for a few hours.
Ne poussez-vous pas le bouchon trop loin ? Aren't you pushing it too far?
Ne pousses-tu pas le bouchon trop loin ? Aren't you pushing it too far?
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