Usage examples of "heure 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.
Je préférerais partir tôt plutôt que prendre le train aux heures de pointe. I would rather leave early than travel on rush-hour trains.
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.
Une heure de plus et la dinde sera prête. One more hour and the turkey will be ready.
Que faites-vous ici à cette heure de la nuit ? What are you doing here this time of night?
Que fais-tu ici à cette heure de la nuit ? What are you doing here this time of night?
Le contremaître m'a retenu une heure de salaire pour être arrivé en retard au travail. The foreman docked me an hour's pay for getting to work late.
Thomas obtenait une fois et demi son salaire lorsqu'il travaillait au-delà de son heure de départ habituelle. Tom got time and a half when he worked beyond his usual quitting time.
J'ai tellement de travail que je reste une heure de plus. I have so much work that I will stay for one more hour.
À cette heure de la journée, la plupart des clients sont des adultes venus s'entraîner, il n'y a pas beaucoup d'enfants. At this time of day, most customers are adults here to exercise, there aren't that many kids.
Tu ne devrais pas appeler à cette heure de la nuit. You ought not to call at this time of night.
Tu décides de rester une heure de plus. You decide to stay an extra hour.
On peut découvrir davantage sur une personne en une heure de jeu qu'en une année de conversation. You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
Le contremaître m'a retenu une heure de salaire pour être arrivée en retard au travail. The foreman docked me an hour's pay for getting to work late.
La pointe de la lance était trempée dans un poison mortel. The tip of the spear was dipped in a deadly poison.
Vu l'état du ciel, le typhon se sera complètement déchaîné demain à cette heure. From the look of the sky, the typhoon will probably be raging in all its fury about this time tomorrow.
Il y a une pointe de rouge dans le ciel oriental. There is a tinge of red in the eastern sky.
Tu t'es couché à quelle heure hier soir ? When did you go to bed last night?
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