Sentence examples of "jam" in English
Culture is like jam: the less one has, the more one spreads it.
La cultura es como la mermelada: cuanto menos se tiene, más se extiende.
A rush-hour traffic jam delayed my arrival by two hours.
Llegué tarde porque el atasco de la hora punta me retraso dos horas.
The traffic jam caused me to be late for the meeting.
El atasco causó que llegara tarde a la reunión.
They failed to come on time owing to the traffic jam.
No consiguieron llegar a tiempo por culpa del atasco.
If you leave now, I'm sure you'll be caught in a traffic jam.
Si te vas ahora seguro que pillas un atasco.
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