À Moi Paris Level 4 - ch 6 Flashcards

1
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Retaper

A

to fix up

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Bricoleur, bricoleuse

A

handy; Le bricolage (handywork), bricoler (vb)

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3
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Le digicode

A

a building’s access code

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4
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La sonnette

A

the buzzer

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5
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C’est le grand méchant loup

A

It’s the big bad wolf; Expression

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6
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Se garer

A

to park

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7
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En face

A

in front

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8
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Un bled

A

a small town; Slang

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9
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Dans ce coin-là

A

in that region; Colloquial

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10
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Une baraque

A

a house; Slang

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11
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Ça veut dire

A

it means

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12
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Amusez-vous bien

A

have fun

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13
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Démarrer

A

to start the engine

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14
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Le périf

A

the beltway around a large city; Short for le périphérique

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15
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Une autoroute

A

a highway

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16
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Une carte routière

A

a map

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17
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T’inquiète

A

don’t worry; Colloquial. It should be “ne t’inquiète pas”

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18
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Traverser

A

to go across

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19
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Bouché

A

stuck with traffic jams; Un bouchon = un embouteillage = a traffic jam

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20
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Une sortie

A

an exit

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21
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Un péage

A

a toll

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22
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Le pare-soleil

A

the visor/ sunshade

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23
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La circulation

A

car traffic

24
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Faire le plein, faire de l’essence

A

to fill the tank

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Une station-service
a gas station
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La panne
a car failure / breakdown
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Le gasoil
diesel fuel
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L’essence
gasoline
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Une diesel
a diesel car
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Tomber en panne
to have a car failure
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Une dépanneuse
a tow truck
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Faire vidanger le réservoir
to drain the tank
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Dis donc
oh my goodness... you don’t say, hey !; Common interjection that covers a lot of dif­ferent emotions
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Pas un poil d’ombre
not a trace of shade; Colloquial
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Un pneu à plat
a flat tire
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Une roue de secours
a spare wheel
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S’abriter
to take shelter
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Le cric
the car jack
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Ça n’avançait pas
it wasn’t moving/progressing; Expression
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Une départementale
a large secondary road
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Prendre à droite
turn to the right; Do say the “t” at the end of droite
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Un carrefour
a crossroad
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Continuer tout droit
keep going straight; Don’t’ say the “t” and the end of droit
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Tourner à gauche
turn to the left
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Une route prioritaire
a road which has the right of way
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Un croisement
an intersection
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Priorité à droite
right hand right of way; In France, when there is no sign indicating otherwise, you need to give the right of way to the car coming from your right
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Au bout de
at the end of
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Un rond-point
a round about; The French LOVE their round abouts, they are everywhere!
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Un panneau
a sign
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Faire demi-tour
to turn around
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La route principale
the main road
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Passer devant
to pass something
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Une impasse
a cul-de-sac, dead-end street
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Au feu
at the traffic light
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Un peuplier
poplar tree