se presser

Elle a compris que nous étions pressés.
She saw we were in a hurry.
C'était important pour nous car nous avions un avion à prendre et nous étions pressés.
This was important to us as we had flights to catch and were tight on time.
Nous en avons élaboré une nouvelle en 2004, mais qui était raccourcie, car nous étions pressés et ne voulions pas entraver le processus de désignation des villes pour 2009 et 2010. Nous avons dès lors accepté ses défauts.
In 2004, we drew up another new proposal, but an abridged one, as we were in a hurry so as not to obstruct the process for the 2009 and 2010 cities, and thus accepted its shortcomings.
- Nous étions pressés par le temps.
We were pressed for time.
Pourquoi êtes-vous partis sans nous dire au revoir ? — Nous étions pressés.
Why did you go without saying goodbye to us? - We were in a hurry.
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