Chapter 3 Vocab Flashcards by Lou Larson

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To build

A

Construire

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Stop sign

A

Le stop

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To demolish

A

Démolir

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Parking lot

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Le parking

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Taxi driver

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Le chauffeur de taxi

La personne qui conduit de taxi

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Public restroom

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Les toilettes publiques (f. Pl.)

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Driver

A

L’automobiliste

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Intersection

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Le carrefour

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Traffic

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L’embouteillage

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Parking ticket

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La contravention

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Stop light

A

Le feu rouge/ vert

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Car lights

A

Le clignotant

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Pedestrian

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Le piéton

Une personne qui marche/ qui circular à pied

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Sign

A

Le send unique

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Phone booth

A

La cabine téléphonique

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Pollution

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La pollution

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Sky scraper

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Le gratte-ciel, pl: les gratte-ciel

Un grand bâtiment

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Truck driver

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Le chauffeur de camion

La personne qui conduit de camion

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To pass a car, to switch lanes

A

Doubler

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Speed limit

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La limite de vitesse

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To escape from

A

Échapper à

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Neighborhood

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Le quartier

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Peaceful, quiet

A

Tranquille

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Downtown

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Le centre-villa (la centre)

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Unbearable

Insupportable

Shopkeeper

Le commerçant, la commerçante Un marchand

Mayor

Le maire

Solution

La solution

To forbid someone to do something

Interdire à qqn. De + inf.

To demand

Exiger

To prevent from

Empêcher de + inf

Thanks to

Grâce à

Stationner

Se garer

Somewhere else

Ailleurs

To obstruct, to hamper, to bother

Gêner

In a no- parking zone

Etre stationnement interdit Être ou on ne doit pas se garer

Numerous

Nombreux -euse

Because of

À cause de

To make someone do something

Obliger qqn. À + inf.

Public transportation

Les transports Em commun

Not anywhere

Ne ... Nulle part

To modernize

Se monderniser

Entire

Entier -ière

To disappear

Disparaître

Concrete

Le béton

Space

L'espace

Les parcs

Les espaces verts

To inquire of someone

Se renseigner auprés de qqn.

Passerby

Le passant, la passante La personne qui parse dans la rue

Direction

La direction

To be -distance- from

Être à + distance + de

About a hundred

Une centaine de

Highway, freeway

L'autoroute

To speed up

Accélérer Aller plus vite

To go through

Brûler

To yield the right of way

Respecter la priorité

To obey

Respecter

In peace and quiet

Au calme

Commute

Le trajet

Daily

Quotidien -ne

It takes (me/you, etc) time to do something

Mettre+time+ à/ pour + inf.

Parking Meter

Le parc-mètre