Traffic In The City Flashcards

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La circulation automobile

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Car traffic

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La circulation urbaine

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Traffic in the city

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Un automobiliste

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A motorist

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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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4
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Un carrefour

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A crossroad

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5
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Un rond-point

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A roundabout (GB) / a traffic circle (US)

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6
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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 / une piste cyclable

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A bus lane / a bicycle lane

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Un passage pour piétons

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A zebra crossing / a pedestrian crossing (GB) / a crosswalk (US)

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12
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Les embouteillages

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Traffic congestion

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13
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La paralysie de la circulation

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Traffic gridlock

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14
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La circulation aux heures de pointe

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Rush-hour traffic

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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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16
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Un embouteillage

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A traffic jam

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17
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Une retenue

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A traffic hold-up

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18
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Un bouchon de 8 km

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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 (GB) / a parking lot (US)

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Un parking à plusieurs étages

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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

27
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Un(e) contractuel(le)

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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

30
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Emmener une voiture à la fourrière

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To tow away a car

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Immobilier une voiture avec un sabot

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To clamp a car

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Introduire un système de page

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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 (GB) / a pedestrian mall (US)

35
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Le covoiturage

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Car polling

36
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L’auto-partage

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Car-sharing

37
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Utiliser les transports en commun

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To use public transport

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Il se lève aux aurores pour éviter l’heure de pointe du matin

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He gets up at the crack of dawn not to be caught in the morning rush hour

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Depuis de nombreuses années, les hommes politique essaient sans grand succès la méthode douce pour dissuader les gens de prendre leur voiture

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For many years, politicians have tried cajoling drivers out of their cars with little to show for it

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Être l’une des premières priorités de

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To be high on stg/sbd

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Rendre insupportable la vie de l’automobiliste semble être à l’ordre du jour

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Making life unbearable for the drivers seems to be the order of the day

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Être tenté de faire qqch

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To be tempted to do stg

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Ce n’est qu’une question de temps

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It is only a matter of time

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Réduire le trafic

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To slash traffic