Chap 18 Flashcards

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1
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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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3
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un automobiliste

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a motorist

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4
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une rue à sens unique

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a one-way street

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5
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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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8
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un embouteillage

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a traffic jap

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9
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l’heure de pointe

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the rush hour

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10
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un permis de conduire

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a driver’s licence

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11
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les plaques minéralogiques

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the car plates

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12
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un virage

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a bend

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13
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une route nationale

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a highway

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14
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une autoroute à quatre voies

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a motorway

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15
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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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17
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un péage

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a toll

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18
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une rocade

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a junction

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19
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une petite rue

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a side street

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20
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une bretelle d’autoroute

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a bypass

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21
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s’asseoir devant

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to sit in the front

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22
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s’asseoir derrière

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to sit in the back

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23
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la ceinture de sécurité

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the safety belt

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24
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les vitesses

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the gears

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25
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être au pas

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to be in the low gear

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26
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être en première, deuxième

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to be in first, second

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27
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le capot

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the bonnet

28
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le coffre

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boot

29
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un panneau de signalisation

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a street sign

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les feux de signalisation

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the traffic lights

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une limitation de vitesse

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a speed limit

32
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trottoir

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sidewalk

33
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la chaussée

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pavement

34
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le béton

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concrete

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le macadam

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tarmac

36
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un rond-point

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a roundabout

37
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un parc de stationnement

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a parking lot

38
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une place

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a parking space

39
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un parcmètre

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a parking meter

40
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une amende

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a fine

41
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klaxonner

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to blow one’s horn

42
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faire marche arrière

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to back a car

43
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garer une voiture

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to park a car

44
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s’arrêter sur le bord de la route

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to pull over

45
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se ranger

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to pull in

46
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démarrer

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to pull out

47
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doubler

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to overtake

48
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commettre un excès de vitesse

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to be caught speeding

49
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prendre le volant en ayant bu

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to drink-drive

50
Q

griller un feu rouge

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to jump a red light

51
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tomber en panne

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to break down

52
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crever un pneu

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to have a puncture

53
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entretenir, réviser une voiture

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to service a car

54
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un mécanicien

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a mechanic

55
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le moteur

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the engine

56
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un moteur qui rugit

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a revving engine

57
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le pot d’échappement

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exhaust pipe

58
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les gaz d’échappement

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exhaust fumes

59
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le réservoir

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the tank

60
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faire le plein

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to fill up

61
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une station service

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a filling station

62
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essence, carburant

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gas

63
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l’essence sans plomb

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lead-free petrol

64
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auto-stop

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hitch-hiking

65
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une voiture d’occasion

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a second-hand car

66
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louer une voiture

A

to hire a car