Chap 18 Flashcards by Warrin Léa

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un moyen de transport

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a means of transport

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un système de transport engorgé

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an overloaded transport system

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un automobiliste

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a motorist

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une rue à sens unique

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a one-way street

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une impasse

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a dead-end

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un passage piéton

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a zebra crossing

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la circulation

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the traffic

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un embouteillage

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a traffic jap

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l’heure de pointe

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the rush hour

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un permis de conduire

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a driver’s licence

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les plaques minéralogiques

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the car plates

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un virage

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a bend

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une route nationale

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a highway

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une autoroute à quatre voies

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a motorway

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une autoroute à six voies

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a freeway

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une autoroute à péage

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a turnpike

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un péage

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a toll

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une rocade

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a junction

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une petite rue

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a side street

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une bretelle d’autoroute

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a bypass

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s’asseoir devant

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to sit in the front

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s’asseoir derrière

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to sit in the back

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la ceinture de sécurité

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the safety belt

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les vitesses

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the gears

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être au pas

to be in the low gear

être en première, deuxième

to be in first, second

le capot

the bonnet

le coffre

boot

un panneau de signalisation

a street sign

les feux de signalisation

the traffic lights

une limitation de vitesse

a speed limit

trottoir

sidewalk

la chaussée

pavement

le béton

concrete

le macadam

tarmac

un rond-point

a roundabout

un parc de stationnement

a parking lot

une place

a parking space

un parcmètre

a parking meter

une amende

a fine

klaxonner

to blow one's horn

faire marche arrière

to back a car

garer une voiture

to park a car

s'arrêter sur le bord de la route

to pull over

se ranger

to pull in

démarrer

to pull out

doubler

to overtake

commettre un excès de vitesse

to be caught speeding

prendre le volant en ayant bu

to drink-drive

griller un feu rouge

to jump a red light

tomber en panne

to break down

crever un pneu

to have a puncture

entretenir, réviser une voiture

to service a car

un mécanicien

a mechanic

le moteur

the engine

un moteur qui rugit

a revving engine

le pot d'échappement

exhaust pipe

les gaz d'échappement

exhaust fumes

le réservoir

the tank

faire le plein

to fill up

une station service

a filling station

essence, carburant

gas

l'essence sans plomb

lead-free petrol

auto-stop

hitch-hiking

une voiture d'occasion

a second-hand car

louer une voiture

to hire a car