Usage examples of "compartiment arrière" in French with translation to English

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Je peux tracer mes ancêtres deux cents ans en arrière. I can trace my ancestors back 200 years.
Je découvris le compartiment secret tout à fait par accident. I found the secret compartment quite by accident.
Nous ne pouvons revenir en arrière. We can't go back.
Devrais-je ranger mon sac dans le compartiment du haut ? Should I put this bag in the overhead compartment?
Les roues arrière de ce tracteur ont des roulements à bille de la taille de mon poing. The back wheels on that tractor have ball bearings the size of my fist.
C'est un compartiment non-fumeur. This is a non-smoking compartment.
Tom, dix mots en arrière, ne voyait pas bien ce mot-ci. Mary, qui était plus près, le lui décrivit. Tom, back ten words, couldn't see very well this one. Mary, who stood closer, described it to him.
Je voudrais être assis dans le compartiment non-fumeur s'il vous plaît. I would like to sit in the non-smoking section.
Il la fit virevolter, la prit dans ses bras, la pencha en arrière et lui donna un grand baiser hollywoodien. He spun her around, took her in his arms, dipped her back, and gave her a big Hollywood kiss.
J'ai demandé un siège dans le compartiment fumeur. I asked for a seat in the smoking section.
On ne peut plus retourner en arrière maintenant. There's no turning back now.
J'ai laissé mon sac dans le compartiment à bagages du dessus dans le train. I left my bag on the overhead rack in the train.
Une fois que le changement social commence, on ne peut pas revenir en arrière. On ne peut pas désapprendre à lire à une personne. On ne peut pas humilier une personne qui se sent fière. On ne peut pas opprimer les gens qui n'ont plus peur. Once social change begins it can not be reversed. You can not un-educate the person who has learned to read. You can not humiliate the person who feels pride. You can not oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
Un retour en arrière est exclu. There is no going back.
En faisant la lessive, elle trouva une capote dans la poche arrière du pantalon de son fils. While doing the wash she found a condom in the back pocket of her son's pants.
Elle fit machine arrière au dernier moment. She backed out at the last moment.
Il s'arrêta brusquement et regarda en arrière. He stopped short and looked back.
Il n'a plus jamais regardé en arrière. He never turned back again.
Puisqu'il y a de multiples sites web sur chaque sujet, je clique d'habitude sur le bouton retour arrière lorsque j'atterris sur n'importe quelle page qui contient des publicités surgissantes. Je me rends juste sur la prochaine page proposée par Google et espère tomber sur quelque chose de moins irritant. Since there are usually multiple websites on any given topic, I usually just click the back button when I arrive on any webpage that has pop-up advertising. I just go to the next page found by Google and hope for something less irritating.
Elle a réussi à faire marche arrière dans la l'allée étroite. She managed to back up through the narrow driveway.
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