Sentence examples of "embouteillages" in French
J'attribuais le retard de livraison aux embouteillages.
I attributed the delay in delivery to a traffic jam.
Nous avons été coincés dans les embouteillages, il nous a donc fallu nous dépêcher.
We were delayed by traffic congestion, so we had to hurry.
Si tu pars maintenant, tu vas certainement te retrouver dans les embouteillages.
If you leave now, I'm sure you'll be caught in a traffic jam.
Du fait des embouteillages, il n'a pas pu la voir partir depuis la gare.
As a result of a traffic jam, he wasn't able to see her off at the station.
Ils restèrent coincés dans un embouteillage durant des heures.
They were stuck for hours in a traffic jam.
Nous nous sommes levés à l'aube pour éviter un embouteillage.
We got up at dawn to avoid a traffic jam.
Il y avait un énorme embouteillage dans le centre-ville de Kyoto.
There was an enormous traffic jam in downtown Kyoto.
J'étais en retard pour la réunion à cause d'un embouteillage.
I was late for the meeting because of a traffic jam.
J'ai expliqué à l'hôte que j'ai été retardé par un embouteillage.
I explained to the host that I had been delayed by a traffic jam.
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.
Nous sommes restés coincés dans un embouteillage, ce qui nous a mis vingt minutes en retard.
We got stuck in a traffic jam, which made us twenty minutes late.
Je pense que tu vas y arriver si nous ne restons pas coincés dans un embouteillage.
I think you'll make it if we don't get stuck in a traffic jam.
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