Usage examples of "course de vitesse" in French with translation to English

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Mon ami a été arrêté pour excès de vitesse. My friend was arrested for speeding.
Cette course de vingt kilomètres m'a vraiment lessivé. That twenty-kilometer run really wiped me out.
Nous devons respecter les limitations de vitesse. We should observe the speed limit.
Il a eu le premier prix dans une course de 100m. He got the first prize in a 100m race.
Sais-tu conduire une voiture à boîte de vitesse manuelle ? Can you drive a stick shift?
Une course de vélo s'est tenue à Nagoya l'année dernière. A bicycle race was held in Nagoya last year.
Des tas de gens dépassent la limite de vitesse donc ça doit être autorisé. A lot of people exceed the speed limit so it must be acceptable.
Il observa la course de chevaux à l'aide de ses jumelles. He watched the horse race with his binoculars.
Pour chaque dix miles à l'heure de vitesse, tu devrais laisser la longueur d'une voiture entre toi et la voiture de devant. For every ten m.p.h of speed you should allow one car-length of space between you and the car in front.
Tom se vante de n'avoir jamais été battu dans une course de chevaux. Tom boasts of never having been defeated in a horse race.
Tu dépassais la limitation de vitesse, n'est-ce pas ? You were exceeding the speed limit, weren't you?
Une nouvelle équipe fut formée afin de prendre part à la course de bateau. A new team was formed in order to take part in the boat race.
Il y a de grosses différences de vitesse et de qualité de haut débit d'un pays à l'autre. There are big differences in broadband speed and quality from country to country.
Ne dépasse pas la limite de vitesse. Don't exceed the speed limit.
Il a été arrêté pour excès de vitesse. He was caught for speeding.
Mon amie a été arrêtée pour excès de vitesse. My friend was arrested for speeding.
Le conducteur a été inculpé pour excès de vitesse. The driver was charged with speeding.
Tout le monde respectait la limite de vitesse, alors je savais qu'il y avait probablement un radar devant moi. Everybody was obeying the speed limit, so I knew there was likely a speed trap ahead.
Savez-vous conduire une voiture à boîte de vitesse manuelle ? Can you drive a stick shift?
Le monde moderne est une foule de voitures de course très rapides toutes arrêtées et prises dans un embouteillage. The modern world is a crowd of very rapid racing cars all brought to a standstill and stuck in a block of traffic.
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