私達が渡ってきた時イギリス海峡は荒れていた。

The English Channel was rough when we came across.

私達(わたしたち)が渡(わた)ってきた時(とき)イギリス海峡(かいきょう)は荒(あ)れていた。

Watashitachi ga watattekita toki Igirisu kaikyō wa areteita.

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

渡る (わたる)

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range; to span

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

英吉利 (イギリス)

Great Britain; United Kingdom

海峡 (かいきょう)

channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

荒れる (あれる)

to be stormy; to be rough; to be ruined; to fall into ruin; to be in a bad temper; to lose one's temper

Readings: シ、わたくし、わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

Readings: タツ、ダ、 -たち

Meanings: accomplished, reach, arrive, attain

Readings: ト、わた.る、 -わた.る、わた.す

Meanings: transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate

Readings: ジ、とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

Readings: カイ、うみ

Meanings: sea, ocean

Readings: キョウ、コウ、はざま

Meanings: gorge, ravine

Readings: コウ、あら.い、あら-、あ.れる、あ.らす、 -あ.らし、すさ.む

Meanings: laid waste, rough, rude, wild