Traffic in the city Flashcards by Caroline Jiang

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La circulation automobile

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Car traffic

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Un automobiliste

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A motorist

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Le flot / le volume de 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

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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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Une artère

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A thoroughfare

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Un piéton

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A pedestrian

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Un passage pour piétons

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A zebra crossing / a pedestrian crossing / a crosswalk

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Un passage souterrain

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A subway

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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 rust hour / during the rush hour

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La circulation aux heures de pointe

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Rush-hour traffic

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Un embouteillage, un bouchon

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A traffic jam

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Un bouchon, une retenue

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A tailback / a traffic hold-up

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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

Un parking à plusieurs niveaux

A multistorey car park

Un parcmètre

A parking meter

Une contravention

A parking ticket

Un(e) contractuel(le)

A traffic warden

Se garer en double file

To double-park

Se garer en interdiction

To park illegally

Emmener une voiture à la fourrière

To tow away a car

Immobiliser une voiture avec un sabot

To clamp a car

Introduire un système de péage

To introduce road pricing

La taxe anti-embouteillage (Londres)

The congestion charge

Une zone piétonnière

A pedestrian precinct / a pedestrian mall

Le covoiturage

Car pooling

L’auto partage

Car sharing

Utiliser les transports en commun

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