Usage examples of "aux heures de pointe" in French with translation to English

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Je préférerais partir tôt plutôt que prendre le train aux heures de pointe. I would rather leave early than travel on rush-hour trains.
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.
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.
J'étais pris dans les transports à l'heure de pointe. I was caught in the rush hour.
Trois heures de conduite m'ont épuisé. Arrêtons-nous à la prochaine aire de repos que nous voyons. Three hours of driving has worn me out. Let's pull over at the next rest stop we see.
Pendant l'heure de pointe, la circulation à Tokyo est dense. During the rush hours in Tokyo, traffic is heavy.
Après trois heures de discussion, nous n'avons abouti nulle-part. After three hours of discussion we got nowhere.
Il est deux heures de l'après-midi. It's two o'clock in the afternoon.
Il a été condamné à 200 heures de travail non rémunéré. He was sentenced to 200 hours of unpaid work.
J'ai essayé pendant des heures de me rappeler où j'avais mis mes clefs, mais cela m'a complètement échappé. I have tried for hours to remember where I put my keys but it has completely escaped me.
Héler un taxi à Manhattan à cinq heures de l'après-midi est presque impossible. Hailing a cab in Manhattan at 5:00 p.m. is nearly impossible.
Le train avait deux heures de retard à cause des importantes chutes de neige. The train was delayed for two hours because of the heavy snow.
Pouvez-vous tenir ces sacs jusqu'à quatre heures de l'après-midi ? Could you hold these bags until four this afternoon?
Ça m'a pris plusieurs heures de l'écrire. It took me several hours to write it.
Nous sommes à trois heures de Sao Paulo. We are three hours from São Paulo.
Son avion part pour Hong-Kong à deux heures de l'après-midi. His plane leaves for Hong Kong at 2:00 p.m.
Je me demande si un être humain peut s'en sortir avec seulement deux heures de sommeil par nuit. I wonder whether a man could live with only two hours' sleep a night.
À cause du mauvais temps, l'avion arriva avec trois heures de retard. Because of bad weather, the plane arrived three ours late.
Il est venu à trois heures de l'après-midi. He came at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
J'ai besoin de neuf heures de sommeil. I need nine hours of sleep.
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