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se dépêcher in English:

1. hurry hurry


Hurry up.
Hurry up. The train leaves in ten minutes. We don't want to miss it.
How about cup of tea or something, if you aren't in a hurry?
My supervisor is making me do this so I'm in no hurry to finish.
Dinner is probably ready, so we had better hurry home.
Where are you going in such a hurry? We've got plenty of time, so drive safely.
Sorry, but I have to hurry. I have no time to explain this in detail.
Everyone seemed to be very busy and everyone seemed to be in a hurry.
Our bus comes late particularly when we are in a hurry.
No matter how much you hurry your effort is just a drop in the bucket.
We were delayed by traffic congestion, so we had to hurry.
Hey! There's an American who speaks Uyghur here! Hurry up and get over here to inspect his computer!
Burning the candle at both ends reduces the candle to wax in a hurry - just like a playboy having a pretty girl on each arm.
I'm in a hurry for school and I can't talk with anybody right now.
I'm in a terrible hurry... for reasons I can't say, Dima replied to the woman. "Please, just let me try on that suit there."

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2. hurrying hurrying


I saw many people hurrying toward the ball park.
Let's do it at our own pace without hurrying.
Hurrying leads to mistakes being made.
Somehow I just don't feel like hurrying. I have enough time.
The train was hurrying west.
An urgent telegram brought her hurrying back to Tokyo.
On weekdays, shopping streets swarm with people hurrying and rushing along.
We lost no time hurrying to the spot.
Now she was hurrying to her sick Grannie's house to call the police.

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