Usage examples of "course contre la montre" in French with translation to English

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J'ai perdu la montre que mon père m'avait donnée. I lost the watch my father had given me.
Il essaya de nager contre la marée. He tried to swim against the tide.
Quelque chose n'allait pas avec la montre. Something was wrong with the watch.
Un vaccin contre la grippe contient des anticorps qui combattent le virus H1N1. A flu shot contains antibodies that fight the H1N1 virus.
C'est la montre dont j'ai fait hier l'acquisition. This is the watch that I bought yesterday.
L'OMS a un projet de réduction de l'utilisation néfaste de l'alcool. Il inclue l'augmentation des taxes sur l'alcool, la réduction du nombre de points de vente d'alcool et l'augmentation de l'âge légal de consommation. Des fonctionnaires déclarent que d'autres mesures incluent des législations efficaces contre la conduite en état d'ivresse et l'interdiction des publicités pour les alcools. The WHO has a plan to reduce the harmful use of alcohol. It includes raising taxes on alcohol, reducing the number of places to buy alcohol and raising the drinking age. Officials say other measures include effective drunk driving laws and banning some alcohol advertising.
La montre tomba en panne. The watch broke down.
Tous les étudiants ont protesté contre la guerre All the students protested against the war.
C'est la montre que j'avais égarée. This is the watch that I'd lost.
Mais le Comité Nobel a déclaré que la pauvreté était une menace pour la paix dans le monde, et Mère Teresa a travaillé contre la pauvreté. But the Nobel Committee said that poverty was a threat to world peace, and Mother Teresa worked against poverty.
J'ai perdu la montre que mon père m'avait offerte. I lost the watch that my father gave me.
J'ai été vacciné contre la grippe. I was vaccinated against the flu.
Chris n'apprécie pas la façon qu'a eu Beth de perdre la montre qu'il lui avait prêtée. Chris does not appreciate how Beth lost the watch he lent her.
Ils vidèrent des bouteilles de vin de Bordeaux dans le caniveau devant les caméras de télévision, en criant des slogans contre la France qui refusait la guerre en Iraq. Before TV cameras, they emptied bottles of Bordeaux wine into the gutter - crying out slogans against the France that had rejected the war in Iraq.
Il a perdu la montre qu'il avait achetée la veille. He lost the watch which he had bought the day before.
Les essuie-glace ne sont d'aucune utilité contre la glace. Windscreen wipers haven't any utility against ice.
La montre retarde. The watch is slow.
Êtes-vous pour ou contre la guerre ? Are you for the war or against it?
J'ai perdu la montre que j'avais achetée la veille. I lost the watch I had bought the day before.
Le médecin se bat contre la maladie. The doctor is fighting against the disease.
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