22. Traffic In The City Flashcards

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Un automobiliste

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A motorist

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La circulation automobile

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Car traffic

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Le flot / le volume de la circulation

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The flow / the volume of traffic

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Un carrefour

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A crossroads

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Un rond-point

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A roundabout / a traffic circle

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Des feux de signalisation

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Traffic lights

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Le feu vert

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The Green light

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Vert / orange / rouge

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Green / amber / red

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Une rue à sens unique

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A one-way street

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Un couloir de bus

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A bus lane

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Une piste cyclable

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A bicycle lane

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Un passage pour piétons

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A zebra crossing / a pedestrian crossing / a crosswalk

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Les embouteillages

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Traffic congestion

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La paralysie de la circulation

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Traffic gridlock

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Aux heures de pointe, d’affluence

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At rush hour / during the rush hour

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La circulation aux heures de pointes

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Rush-hour traffic

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Un embouteillage

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A traffic jam

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Une retenue

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A traffic hold-up

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Un bouchon de 8km

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A five-mile tailback

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Un goulot d’étranglement

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A bottleneck

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Une rue passante / une rue encombrée

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A busy street / a congested street

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Avancer au pas

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To crawl (along)

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Une circulation dense / fluide

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Heavy traffic / light traffic

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Un parking

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A car park / a parking lot

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Un parking à plusieurs niveau

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A multistorey car park

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Un parcmètre

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A parking meter

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Une contravention (stationnement)

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A parking ticket

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Un contractuel

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A traffic warden

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Se garer en double-file

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To double-park

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Se garer en interdiction

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To park illegally

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Emmener une voiture à la fourrière

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To tow away a car

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Introduire un système de péage

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To introduce road pricing

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La taxe anti-embouteillage (Londres)

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The congestion charge

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Une zone piétonnière

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A pedestrian precinct / a pedestrian mall

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Le covoiturage

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Car pooling

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L’auto-partage

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Car sharing

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Utiliser les transports en commun

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To use public transport